Close collaboration among special education teachers, parents, resource room teacher, general classroom teachers, and professional staff must be coordinated to facilitate the overall support for the education of a child with learning disabilities. Unfortunately, students with learning disabilities are not always diagnosed or their problems addressed. Thirty-five percent of students identified with learning disabilities drop out of high school because their special needs are not met. Researchers hope to find better ways of diagnosing learning disabilities than are used at the present time. In many school systems, the child must fall behind in school before a diagnosis can be made.
Research is ongoing into the appearance of more than one learning deficit in the same child.
The role of genetics is being studied in that regard as well. In current research, children with early language disorders are being studied to determine what role language disorders may play in the development of learning disabilities, especially those in reading. Earlier identification could lead to earlier intervention. While IDEA has opened the door to the needs of those with learning disabilities, it is only the tip of a very large iceberg. Inc. PageWise makes no representations about the content published on this site.