Learning
Disabilities:
Proven, Safe Help for Children and Adults
 Learning
disabilities can lead to many problems in a person’s life,
low self-esteem being a primary concern. Students dealing with learning
disabilities may also suffer from socialization problems and have
an increased dropout rate in school.
Learning disabilities are related
to neurological disorders that affect the brain’s ability
to receive, process, store, and respond to information. Learning
disabilities refer to a group of disorders that can affect a person’s
ability to listen, speak, write, read, and process mathematical
concepts. The United States has almost 2.9 million school-aged children
who are classified as having specific learning disabilities and
are receiving some kind of special education.
Types of learning disabilities include:
If you are a parent of a child
who you believe may have learning disabilities, look for the following
early warning signs:
- Speaks later than most children
- Pronunciation problems
- Slow vocabulary growth, often unable to find
the right word
- Difficulty rhyming words
- Trouble learning numbers, alphabet, days
of the week, colors, shapes
- Extremely restless and easily distracted
- Trouble interacting with peers
- Difficulty following directions or routines
- Fine motor skills slow to develop
Natural Remedies for Attention Deficit Disorder
And other Learning Disabilities
Identifying learning disabilities
early can help a child succeed not only in school but also socially;
however, it is never too late to seek help for this condition. There
are many adults who may have always suffered from a learning disability
and just didn’t know. People with adult
learning disabilities can obtain satisfaction and relief from
discovering that they have this condition—and stop blaming
themselves for struggles in their early life.
It is not certain what causes learning disabilities. A common theory
among scientists is that learning disabilities stem from subtle
disturbances in the brain structure and function. There is no racial
or ethnic link, however, studies show a connection with socio-economic
backgrounds. It is more prevalent in low-income families.
A Learning disability may be attributed to the following:
- Problems During Pregnancy
- Heredity
- Head Injuries
- Nutritional Deprivation
- Exposure to Toxic Substances
Without sufficient building blocks within the brain’s neural
network, learning can be cumbersome and delayed, concentration is
labored, and attention to task cannot be sustained. Memory and retrieval
skills cannot be appropriately maintained.
People with learning disabilities are hypothesized to have low Acetylcholine
levels and adverse lipofuscin populations within the Cholinergic
neural pathways, making a competitive response more difficult and
trying. For individuals with attention
deficit disorder or a learning disability, the brain becomes
so “noisy” that it becomes necessary to shut down all
processing of the senses altogether, thus avoiding all stimulation.
When deprived of the
required number of neural connections needed to process the information
smoothly, competition between various stimuli results. This is thought
to occur within the population of individuals with learning disabilities, ADD and ADHD, whether
from child or adult populations. When taken regularly, this formula
is designed to complement the body's natural calming and balancing
agents, which help to focus attention and relieve over-and-under
activity.
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