Cerebral palsy (CP) is an term encompassing a group of non-progressive, motor, non-contagious conditions that cause physical disability in human development. Cerebral palsy can also lead to other health issues, including vision, hearing, and speech problems, and learning disabilities.

CP is usually caused by brain damage that occurs before or during a child’s birth, or during the first 3 to 5 years of a child’s life Cerebral palsy can’t be cured, but treatment will often improve a child’s capabilities and it is a life-long condition. A disability is a physical loss of function such as being unable to walk, having difficulty with hand control or speech. Read the rest of this entry →

Learning disabilities can be caused by a variety of factors including genetic defects, injury, or illness. Three main types of learning disability are dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia. Writing problems, memory problem and mathematics problems are the sign of dysgraphia. Child suffering from dysgraphia needs a lot of support and help. It seems difficult to support and help them then you teach the normal student but it is not an impossible task. Here are some tips given for a child which is suffering from dysgraphia:

• Give them time for tests, note taking, or writing assignments. In this way they will able to improve their writing.
• Allowing the student to use a writing utensil that is comfortable for him.
• It will be better to give them task like drawing pictures etc.
• As they will pencil/pen in drawing and writing, this use of pencil/pen grips can help in reducing sore hands, headaches etc.
• To improve the spelling and pronunciation use teaching phonics.
• Always encourage the child when he/she done his work, this will boost their confidence.

Dyscalculia exists in a number of different varieties, such as difficulty in handling sequences of information or processing numerical data. So we can define Dyscalculia as a type of specific learning disability which involves innate difficulty in learning or comprehending mathematics. From the above line we can simply say that dyscalculia is a wide range of math difficulty.

The main problem with dyscalculia children is that if they produce a correct answer or use a correct method, they may do so mechanically but they do not have confidence of working. Other problem that dyscalculia children are facing is that they may also find it very difficult to translate between number words, where powers of ten are expressed by new names and numerals. Now the question arises how to overcome or help the dyscalculia children. To improve the performance of dyscalculia children you have to work very hard to visualize math problems.

You have to spend extra time on them in this way they will able to memorize the important facts and problems of math’s. To memorize the facts and problems you have to use different kinds of music and rhythm. Give them extra work like examples, in this way they would practice their work and in math’s practice is the key factor which improves your skills in mathematics. Ask variety of question from the dyscalculia children in front of people, this is a very hard task for the dyscalculia children, but it is very helpful to the other children, which are sitting in the class.

Sensory processing is the process by which our brain takes in sensory input and interprets this information for use. The sensory systems are responsible for detecting sights, sounds, smell, tastes, temperatures, pain, and the position and movements of the body. Life is very difficult and frustrating for a child with Sensory Integration Dysfunction.

Sensory integration disorder or dysfunction (SID) is a neurological disorder which occurs in the central nervous system that results from the brain’s inability to integrate certain information received from the body’s five basic sensory systems. The normal process of SI begins before birth and continues throughout life. Following are signs of sensory integration:

• When then the child frequently misjudges the distances between objects.
• The child is easily frustrated and emotional.
• He shows difficulty in stopping one activity and starting the other.
• The child shows over sensitivity to touch, movement, sights, or sounds.
• The child has a poor self-concept.
• He always delays in academic achievement.
• The children have also shows difficulty in learning new movements.
• The child is generally clumsy, and may slouch and tire easily.
• He lacks motor skills, always delays in speech and language.