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Types of Learning Disorders

The document discusses four main types of learning disorders: dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and dyspraxia. It then discusses how recent research has linked learning disorders to issues with communication between the left and right hemispheres of the brain. The Brain Balance Program aims to improve connectivity between the hemispheres through customized activities to enhance processing and learning skills.

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Types of Learning Disorders

The document discusses four main types of learning disorders: dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and dyspraxia. It then discusses how recent research has linked learning disorders to issues with communication between the left and right hemispheres of the brain. The Brain Balance Program aims to improve connectivity between the hemispheres through customized activities to enhance processing and learning skills.

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Types of Learning Disorders

Dyslexia is a reading disorder characterized by difficulty recognizing


letters, learning letter sounds, and identifying rhyming words. Young
children with the disorder may also experience delayed language
development and have trouble learning to spell and write as they reach
school age.

Dysgraphia is characterized by distorted and incorrect handwriting, as


well as issues with other fine-motor skills. Symptoms include difficulty
learning to tie shoes, zip a jacket, write legibly (i.e., cant form letters
properly), and avoiding coloring or other fine-motor activities that most
kids enjoy. Some children with dysgraphia have strong verbal skills to
compensate for their writing issues and are often strong readers.
Because little is known about the disorder, it is sometimes
misdiagnosed as dyslexia or dyscalculia.

Dyscalculia is a disorder characterized by problems with learning


fundamentals that include one or more basic numerical skills. Often
people with this condition can understand very complex mathematical
concepts but have difficulty processing formulas or basic addition and
subtraction. A person with the disorder may struggle with visual-spatial
relationships or processing what he or she hears.

Dyspraxia also called apraxia, is a condition characterized by a


significant difficulty in carrying out routine tasks involving balance, finemotor control, and kinesthetic coordination. Signs of the disorder in
early childhood include not reaching developmental milestones on
time, as well as clumsy and uncoordinated movements. Verbal
dyspraxia describes a difficulty in the use of speech sounds, which may
be the result of a developmental delay in the speech production area of
the brain. Verbal dyspraxia may appear as a stand-alone disorder or
accompany dyspraxia.

To learn more about the specific symptoms of LDs, please refer to the DSM-IV
criteria for Learning Disorders.
Source: (1) National Center for Learning Disabilities
Source: (2) National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
Source: (3) UT Dallas: Study Links Math Abilities To Left-Right Brain
Communication
Source: (4) PNAS: Functional Characteristics of Developmental Dyslexia in
Left-hemispheric Posterior Brain Regions Predate Reading Onset

Learning Disorders and The Brain Balance


Program

Recent research has linked learning disorders to communication issues


between and within the hemispheres of the brain (3&4). This connectivity
issue is referred to as Functional Disconnection Syndrome, an imbalance in
hemispheric brain communication that is at the root of learning and
developmental issues.
Since the left hemisphere of the brain controls learning and processing
information, a person with decreased left-brain activity may have difficulty with
reading and writing, processing speech and language sounds, coordinating
motor movements, and grasping simple math calculations. The Brain Balance
Program combines individually customized sensory motor and
academic activities that improve left-brain connectivity leading to increased
processing and learning skills. In addition, our nutritional guidelines are
supported by recent research that underscores the importance of maintaining
a healthy diet to promote optimal brain function.

Help and Hope for Learning Disorders


Neuroplasticity, which is the brains ability to improve and change throughout
a persons lifetime, is fundamental to the Brain Balance Program. Our drugfree,integrated approach brings parents and kids together to achieve a
common goal of improving a childs processing and learning ability, leading to
a more successful academic and personal life

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