Why some children with learning difficulties get identified, and others don't

Two children sit in different schools. Both struggle to read. Both have similar low scores on national tests. But while one ...
Wired

Kinect-based games shown to have positive impact on children with learning difficulties

A company called Kinems is using personalised, video game-based learning to improve the skills of children with motor impairments and learning difficulties. Working with Microsoft Kinect, Kinems ...
Forbes

AI Helps Teachers Spot Students With Learning Difficulties

Artificial intelligence helps teachers identify which of their students have learning difficulties, according to a new study. Teachers make more accurate assessments of learning difficulties such as ...
Miami University

Miami University Regionals to pilot program designed to help students dealing with attention and learning difficulties

Miami University Regionals is launching a pilot program that will help incoming students who may be dealing with attention and learning difficulties. The program, called Fusion, will provide ...
The Conversation

Dyscalculia: how to support your child if they have mathematical learning difficulties

A good grasp of maths has been linked to greater success in employment and better health. But a large proportion of us – up to 22% – have mathematical learning difficulties. What’s more, around 6% of ...
Science Daily

Trainee teachers made sharper assessments about learning difficulties after receiving feedback from AI

A trial which used artificial intelligence to train new teachers to spot potential learning difficulties in pupils found that the approach significantly improved their assessment skills. 178 trainees ...
Healio

Children with AD, learning disabilities more likely to have learning, memory difficulties

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A study found that atopic dermatitis in children was associated with learning and memory difficulties. However, ...
Frontiers

Beyond Diagnostic Silos: Specific Learning Difficulties and Developmental Language Disorder Across DSM-5-TR and ICD-11

When a child struggles to read, write, or learn mathematics, the role of language is too often overlooked. Specific learning difficulties remain among the ...
Psychology Today

Dyslexia, Bilingualism, and Learning a Second Language

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) defines dyslexia as a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read (see here). The ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Children With AD, Neurodevelopmental Comorbidities at Greater Odds of Learning, Memory Difficulties

Children with atopic dermatitis (AD) face higher chances of learning and memory difficulties, particularly when they have neurodevelopmental comorbidities, like ...
The Mirror

Parents told to check for three signs of condition affecting one in 10

Parents are being urged to watch for some key signs of a condition affecting one in 10 people. Undiagnosed it can leave children frustrated and struggling, it has been warned. Experts at Evolve ...