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Common Learning Disability Warning Signs and Checklists

4/12/2022

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Does the individual have difficulty with?

ORGANIZATION
  • knowing time, date, year
  • managing time
  • completing assignments
  • organizing thoughts
  • locating belongings
  • carrying out a plan
  • making decisions
  • setting priorities
  • sequencing
PHYSICAL COORDINATION
  • Manipulating small objects
  • learning self-help skills
  • cutting
  • drawing
  • handwriting
  • climbing and running
  • mastering sports
SPOKEN OR WRITTEN LANGUAGE
  • pronouncing words
  • learning new vocabulary
  • following directions
  • understanding requests
  • relating stories
  • discriminating among sounds
  • responding to questions
  • understanding concepts
  • reading comprehension
  • spelling
  • writing stories and essays
ATTENTION AND CONCENTRATION
  • completing a task
  • acting before thinking
  • poor organization
  • waiting
  • restlessness
  • daydreaming
  • distractibility
MEMORY
  • remembering directions
  • learning math facts
  • learning new procedures
  • learning the alphabet
  • identifying letters
  • remembering names
  • remembering events
  • spelling
  • studying for tests
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
  • making and keeping friends
  • social judgment
  • impulsive behavior
  • frustration tolerance
  • sportsmanship
  • accepting changes in routine
  • interpreting nonverbal cues
  • working cooperatively

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How to Praise Your Child

4/12/2022

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Examples of phrases to use when praising your child. 
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Some Verbal Rewards:
  1. I like it when you (name activity)
  2. That's a beautiful (whatever is made)
  3. Good! You did what I asked.
  4. Hey, you really look handsome. You did a nice job getting ready.
  5. That's great, it really looks like you worked hard.
  6. Wow! Look at that (whatever he's doing).
  7. That's really good! I wish I could do that.
  8. You're doing just what I want you to do.
  9. My! You're minding me so well.
  10. See what you did! That (road, tower) looks strong.
  11. You do a good job at...
  12. That's (pointing to an object) very good.
  13. You were very responsible when you (name job)
  14. I am very proud of you for...
  15. See what nice things you do.
  16. That (name what the child made) is really interesting.
  17. I like playing (catch) with  you.
  18. This (an activity) is such fun.
  19. (Name), you really know how to (identify what the child did)!
  20. Thank you for (identify what was done).
  21. One word "quickies":
  • Beautiful
  • Fine
  • Great
  • Gorgeous
  • Tremendous
  • Good
  • Good girl (boy)
 
Some Physical Ways to Reward:
  1. Pat arm, shoulder
  2. Hug
  3. Fist bump
  4. Squeeze arm
  5. Dance around
  6. Give a kiss
  7. Facial expression of delight (smiling)
  8. Clap hands (young child)
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Helping Children Like Themselves.

4/12/2022

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  1. Teach your child to love and feel loved - express your love verbally and physically, love your children for themselves and not for their accomplishments.
  2. Boost your child's feeling of importance - encourage them to take risks, emphasize the good, don't compare them to others.
  3. Create opportunities for your child to succeed - choose activities carefully.
  4. Support your child's activities.
  5. Respect your child's opinions - listen respectfully to what he/she says.
  6. Include your child in family decisions - hold family meetings.
  7. Make special days (birthdays and holidays) really special - establish traditions.
  8. Express appreciation to your children - give sincere praise.
  9. Encourage independence in your child.
  10. Develop realistic expectations for your child - overly high and overly low expectations discourage a child.
  11. Make your child be responsible for himself/herself - don't do anything for your children  that they can and should do for themselves.
  12. Be patient and non-critical.
  13. Allow and encourage your child to explore the world - stimulate curiosity, try not to overprotect.
  14. Allow a certain amount of disorder - establish a child centered home.
  15. Help your child to be assertive - model assertiveness, saying no, standing up to others without verbal aggression.
  16. Allow your children to make their own decisions - provide choices.
  17. Spend "quality" time with your child - develop mutual interests.
  18. Help your child with school responsibilities - provide appropriate help, establish a good relationship with the teacher.
  19. Use bedtime effectively - develop routines, provide support and nurturance.
  20. Teach your child to share you with others - adults need adult companionship and outlets.
  21. Spend time together as a family.
  22. Discipline your child effectively - set limits, provide consequences, be consistent.
  23. Treat your child with courtesy and consideration.
  24. Deal calmly and effectively with unpleasant emotions - anger, sadness, jealousy, fear.
  25. Communicate effectively with your child - listen more than you talk.
  26. Teach your child to value other people - appreciate differences and peoples good points.
  27. Encourage creativity in your child - art, music, dance, storytelling, appreciating nature, imaginary play.
  28. Help your child maintain good health and personal appearance.
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9 Ways to Develop Your Child’s Social Skills

4/12/2022

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  1. Become involved in your child's school. Your involvement makes your child more important in the eyes of classmates. 
  2. Support your child in developing one area of excellence for example a hobby, interest in  nature, an artistic skill.
  3. Become involved in your child's after school peer activities such as Boy Scouts, swim team, Special Olympics. 
  4. Encourage your child to participate in any type of organized athletics. Play with your child. Organize informal games with friends. Don't expect your child to perform well. Encourage your child to have fun and to try their best. Athletics can also be used to teach children about setting and working towards goals.
  5. Encourage your child to try new activities and skills such as cooking, arts and crafts, gardening. Provide positive feedback about efforts and avoid telling the child how to improve unless the child asks. 
  6. Avoid solving problems for your child. Practice problem solving by presenting social situations for him to solve - "What if (provide an example)?” Discuss possible results of his solutions and how others might feel about it and be affected.
  7. Help your child to learn to verbalize emotions by identifying and labeling the emotion and expressing how it feels. 
  8. Model positive social skills with your adult friends. Have friends over to socialize.
  9. Include your child’s friend(s) in family activities such as going roller skating, an overnight.
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