Dyslexia
The first, and most commonly known, is dyslexia. Or its official name—a specific learning disability in reading. But dyslexia is not just a difficulty in reading the actual words. Someone with dyslexia may have problems with comprehension or recall. They may read slower or with less accuracy. And it’s very common for dyslexia to affect spelling too. The most common underlying cause is an auditory processing problem. But there is a lot of variation on this and it is typical to have multiple underlying causes. If you want to dig deeper into this we have created a video for you titled “What is dyslexia?”
Dyscalculia
Secondly, we have dyscalculia. Or officially, a specific learning disability that affects math. Dyscalculia is probably just as common as dyslexia, but for some reason not well known. Dyscalculia also has a lot of variability. It can affect counting, pattern recognition, telling time, measurement, estimating, understanding math concepts, and with that, money concepts. So to cover that deeper we have made a video titled “What is dyscalculia?”
Dysgraphia
Then we have dysgraphia. Or officially, a specific learning disability in writing. This could mean several things. It could be really sloppy writing, which might be a fine motor skill problem. Or it could mean trouble getting their thoughts together to get them down on paper. How they organize and plan. And how they edit their writing. So really anything that falls into the writing category. And of course, we’ve done a video for you on dysgraphia called "What is Dysgraphia"
All three of these, and some of the others, are all caused by difficulties in the way we process information. In other words, our cognitive micro-skills. These are all the little skills that make up the way we receive, process, recall, and communicate information. If you want to learn more about them there’s a link right here. And if you want to get the tools to help your child improve these, then that’s exactly what the Learning Success System does.