Indicators of Learning Disabilities

WRITING - has difficulty:

Forming letters

Maintaining consistent letter size or slant

Gripping pencil correctly

Maintaining appropriate pencil pressure

Maintaining correct posture

Writing at an appropriate speed (too fast/too slow)

Spacing letters or words

Remembering to dot i's, cross t's, punctuate sentences, etc.

Writing on the line

Observing marginal guidelines

Copying from the board or book

Expressing ideas on paper

SPELLING:

Reverses letters (e.g., b/d; p/q)

Transposes letters within words (e.g., spot/stop; was/saw)

Omits or adds syllables (e.g., official/offal; configuration/configuratation

Doesn't hear the differences between certain sounds (e.g., hem/him; thief/thieves)

Spells phonetically (e.g., says/sayz; nature/nacher)

Has trouble finding errors

Does well on weekly spelling tests but poorly on free writing.

MATH:

Reversers numerals or symbols

Transposes numbers (e.g., 56/65; 1492/1942)

Uses fingers to compute

Skips problems unintentionally on worksheets or tests

Doesn't remember basic math facts

Has trouble with alignment and spacing of numbers

Has difficulty with place value concepts

Has trouble understanding story problems

Has trouble shifting operations within a problem (e.g., long division, multiplication)

LANGUAGE / THINKING:

BEHAVIOR / SOCIALIZATION: Appears to be:

Indicators of a Learning Disability