At birth, parents immediately begin to develop hopes and aspirations for their children. Facing the fact that your child may have a learning disability can be a heart wrenching experience. Confronting the possibility of a learning disability often results in parental fears that the child will not be able to reach his or her full potential and that can bring about a very real sense of loss for the parents.
Parents often feel guilty, assuming that they have somehow caused the problem.
Other parents deny the problem exists and instead try to shift the blame to the teacher or school. Definition Learning disability is a broad term that may be applied to children who have a wide range of characteristics, including problems with reading, spoken and written language, difficulty with arithmetic, reasoning or organizational skills. Other traits that may be present in a child with a learning disability include unpredictable or uneven test performance, perceptual impairments, motor problems, and behaviors such as impulsiveness, poor attention span and difficulty in social situations. Causes of learning disabilities Researchers remain uncertain about what causes learning disabilities. One leading theory is that learning disabilities result from subtle disturbances in the brain structure and function.