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eLearning Series: Learning Disabilities
The Bottom Line On Learning Disabilities
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IQ
Testing: An Accurate Way
to Diagnosis Learning Disabilities?
A
child who has a learning disability is indeed not to be
presumed unintelligent. The uses of IQ tests have
shown that there is no apparent and conclusive proof of a learning
disability hindering intelligence. These individuals that are
afflicted with a limitation in the learning process, can and
most often do lead a productive and healthy lifestyle. To assume
someone is not intelligent is the true hindrance itself.
Anyone who has some form of learning disability is generally
segregated to specific learning disability classes, where their
fine motor skills, reading, writing, and language are worked
on in a more controlled and less obtrusive space. This is by
no means intended to separate them from the rest of society,
deeming them incompetent or mentally handicapped, rather
it keeps them from feeling the pressure placed on them for
their
peers. Of the IQ tests issued to persons with LD or learning
disabilities, the conclusion is clear. The scores of these
individuals do not in any way relate their disorder with a
lower IQ. Where the scores indicate average to sometimes even
above average IQ scores shows the specialists the truth of
the disorder. It has nothing to do with LD. The disorder itself
can indeed slow the process of learning-- what the rest of
the classmates are picking up, yet does not imply that they
will not pick up the lesson at all. It is merely a stall in
the processing of what they are viewing, or hearing. When you
take a group of students without any noticeable traits of a
learning disability, and give them all the same level of IQ
testing, the outcome can be startling. Where some will fair
average, others will do quite well. Is this to imply that the
people whom faired average have learning disabilities as well?
It is a resounding no from professionals that view test scores
of students on a daily basis. It is impossible to assume
that a low score is the direct result of a students learning
problem. Some ask why even give the individual with LD a test at all
then, if this is not a good measure? This is to dismiss the
reports and assumption that a learning disability is in any
way a direct result of low IQ. Many times the concern is the
placement of a child with a learning disability to a specific
class. This ends up costing the state money when they have
to fund a program that is catered to assisted learning and
development. Sad as it may seem, most schools are not truly
equipped to deal with several children with a disorder. Having
to designate an entire classroom, plus the manpower to keep
children with this disorder separate from other students is
a costly matter. Many times, the student will have a difficulty
settling down in class. Perhaps they have a hard time with
absorbing what is coming in as far as information. It may be
that their disorder makes it hard for them to concentrate while
there are other things going on in the class. None of which
is an indication that these people are of a low intelligence.
In all honesty, unless requested by the parents, an IQ
test is really not necessary for the student. It may even be difficult
for the student to complete the test to begin with. Why even
bother test them? When it really comes down to it the individual
with the disorder is not stupid, they already know they are
going to have a difficult time with the test, this is pretty
much an insult to the intelligence they do have. A low IQ score
could be an indication of a secondary effect of another condition
such as a form of mental retardation. There is not a single
note in any medical journals indicating the relation of a learning
disability with true mental retardation. The two disorders
are completely different, albeit the fact that learning problems
are an issue. For obvious reason they are in different categories.
Someone with even a mild case of mental retardation will display
traits of low IQ, this cannot be said of someone with a learning
disorder, unless they have similar symptoms as a person afflicted
with M.R, this of course should indeed be reviewed by a professional
in the appropriate field.
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: 2006
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