Dr.D.

Chitra
Assistant Professor,
Dr.K.S.Sivakumar
PRINCIPAL

Kongunadu College Of Education,

Thottiyam, Trichy District.

AWARENESS ABOUT LEARNING

DISABILITIES AMONG TEACHERS
AND PARENTS.

DEFINITION:

(SLD)

Specific learning disability means a disorder in

one or more of the basis psychological
processes involved in understanding or in using
language spoken or written,that many manifest
itself in imperfect ability to listen , think , speak ,
read,write or to do mathematical calculations.

VARIOUS TYPES OF SPECIFIC

LEARNING DISABILITY:
Reading disability

Writing disability

 Communication and comprehension

disability.

Numerical disability etc

CONDITIONS OF SLD:
SLD

includes such conditions as

perceptual handicaps ,brain injury,minimal
brain disfunction,dyslexia and
developmental aphania.

CAUSES OF SLD CHILDREN:

Organic

causes- Due to neurological

damage.
Genetic causes-Due to hyperactive
parent.
Environmental causes-Due to
consumption of drugs ,alcohol.

IDENTIFICATION OR
OF children
LEARNING
CHARACTERISTICS
Disability children are like other
in
intellectual functioning
they are not mental,visual
DISABILITIES:
or hearing problems.But they have problems in
spelling ,reading,writing,arithmetic listening and
comprehension because of difficulties in their
psychological process,particularly in perception.
For example: read word backwards
ex: on for no
saw for was
mirror writes
ex:6 as 9

NEED OF AWARENESS AMONG

PARENTS AND TEACHERS:
Among parents :

 Their

mothers were approached and were

assumed the interviewed individually.

The

mother has a positive orientation

towards child rearing.

 Among

teachers:

 Psychological

assessment indicates what

a child can do and what he cannot do.

Motivates
Small

with personal stories.

and sequential steps and give

immediate feedback.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

 Government

should make effects to identify

appropriate job opportunities for the disabled.

For

example :
Efficient blind person should be
preferred for working in dark room such as
radiology dept in hospitals.

Guidance and counseling to parents and students

should be provided by the institution for
achieving better results answer the disabled
persons.

CONCLUSION:
Teacher

should take initiatives in identifying

disabled children both in rural and in urban and
direct the parents to admit in special education
schools irrespective of the conditions.
Medical allowances ,scholarships has to be
provided to support the disabled children
financially.
Society too has the responsibility to took after
their welfare.

THANK YOU