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Special Education Kulwinder Pal, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 18: Learning Disabilities: Prevention and

Teaching Strategies

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
18.1 Treatment Approaches of LD Children (Prevention of Learning Disabilities)
18.2 Educational Provisions
18.3 Teaching Strategies for LD Children
18.4 General Remedial Approach for LD Children
18.5 Summary
18.6 Keywords
18.7 Review Questions
18.8 Further Readings

Objectives

The objectives of this unit can be summarized as below:
• to know about the treatment approaches of LD children (prevention of learning disabilities)
• to describe about the educational provision.
• to explain the teaching strategies for LD children.
• to describe about remedial approach for LD children.

Introduction

The intention to prevent learning disabilities requires an exploration of the early learning experiences
that occur between birth and five years of age. When children enroll in school with learning disabilities
already in evidence it suggest that something is negatively impacting the child in his out of school
environment. To prevent learning disabilities, research finding endorse identifying and removing
the specific factors in the home that are preventing normal development of the child's central nervous
system. Teaching children with learning disabilities is a big challenge to most parents and teacher.
Most people know or are taught at an early age, how to process in formation and develop an organized
plan when confronted with a people. We will discuss teaching methods used for learning disabled
children.
18.1 Treatment Approaches of LD Children (Prevention of Learning
Disabilities)

There are two approaches for the care and treatment of LD children. These are : Medical-Neurological
approach and Psycho-Educational approach.
(1) Medical-Neurological Approach : The medical-neurological approach views the LD child as a
patient afflicted with minimal brain dysfunction (MBD). Such a child should be treated just like any
other individual afflicted with disease or injury. The most common symptom associated with MBD
is hyperactivity. Thus quite logically, medication associated with MBD is hyperactivity. Thus quite
logically, medication of some type would be sought to alleviate the child’s symptoms. The most
widely prescribed drugs to alleviate the symptoms of hyperactivity are psychostimulants.

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