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RESEARCH ON TUTORING METHODS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA

  • Dyslexia (5%-10%)

     One of the major obstacles to proper remediation of learning disabilities in children is the frequency of co-morbid (co-occuring conditions). Learning diabilities frequently present as the result of underlying medical conditions (i.e. stroke, TBI of birth complications) or in conjunction with other neurodevelopmental disorders (co-morbidity with ADHD is 25%).

 

     In general, learning disabilities represent pathological development of the language system or inputs/outputs from that system.

 

GENERAL STATISTICS REGARDING LEARNING DISABILITIES IN CHILDREN:

 

   *  Overall prevalence in school-aged children – 10-25% (this varies greatly depending on what is included under LD)

   *  Most Common Learning Disabilities:

 

        Though these appear to represent a heterogeneous group of disorders they tend to have their basis in the development of the language centers (i.e. left hemisphere).

 

       For this reason, speech and language pathologists,occupational therapy and neuropsychologists are uniquely qualified to identify and treat learning disabilities in children.

  • Math disorder (rare in isolation – 1%)

  • Expressive Language D/O (3%-5%)

  • Mixed Receptive/Expressive Language D/O (3%)

  • Central Auditory Processing D/O (2%-3%)

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