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WHAT IS SLOW LEARNER?
A slow learner is a child who learns at a pace a little behind others of their age and grade level. Slow learners are not always learning disabled and may have ordinary lives outside of the classroom. However, academic subjects are a challenge for them.
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SLOW LEARNING CHILD
A slow learning child is one that struggles to hit basic developmental milestones that can broadly be categorized into four groups – developmental, social, personal or educational. Here are a few symptoms of slow learning child:
1) Developmental: The characteristics of a child with developmental learning disorders include poor memory and a delay in speech and language developmental patterns. This means your child could take longer to start speaking than others or may need more prolonged and repetitive lessons to learn most concepts.
2) Social: A child who has social learning disabilities is usually known to relate to children younger to him more often and avoid interacting with peers. Such children are also prone to behavior that is associated with children younger than their age. These children are often just labelled as introverts due to the inability to connect with their peers leading them to be quieter or more reserved.
3) Personal: Children with personal learning problems seem to have less control over their emotions. They tend to fall back to anger quickly, get frustrated faster than most, express emotions like anxiety for seemingly minor issues or get depressed over setbacks. These children are most likely to have significant problems with self-esteem, confidence and are prone to acts of aggression or emotional instability.
4) Educational: Children with learning or educational disabilities take longer to process and understand the information provided to them. These children may be proficient in intellectual knowledge, but it takes them longer to understand & grasp the concepts.
WHAT CAUSES SLOW LEARNING IN KIDS?
1) TRAUMA - Your child could have gone through a trauma in the past which is causing a delay in his development. It is now widely accepted that trauma of any nature - be it physical, pyschological or emotional - can have the same impact on children.
2) PREMATURE BIRTH - One of the reason for problems while learning is the premature birth. This can also be the reason behind your child having a slower rate of brain development.
3) MEDICAL - Diseases of the brain or nervous system can cause problems for children to hit learning milestones.These are often treatable but when not treatable, they are manageable.
4) PAMPERING - The most common cause for learning delays is the over-pampering nature of parents. At times, the learning process requires action and failure. A lot of children who are pampered are known to have the problems solved for them which is why they never learn or adapt.
HOW TO HELP SLOW LEARNERS
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