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| Learning Disability-Pg 2 |
| More on Information Processing |
| Information processing refers to how your brain receives information, uses this information, stores the information in memory, retrieves the information from memory, and expresses the information. |
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| LD students struggle with certain kinds of learning because their brains have difficulty "processing" certains kinds of of information. It's like getting stuck in traffic after accident. You will get there but it will take longer than those who passed before the accident. It's the same with the information going through your brain, it takes longer. |
| Different kinds of information travel through different parts of the brain. That's why it's easy to learn some things quickly and while other things are more difficult. |
| LD can affect many areas of learning, such as basic reading, reading comprehension, written expression, oral expression, math calculation and reasoning, listening comprehension. |
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| Types of Processing |
| Visual Processing - how you visual information. When you see something, do you understand it quickly and easy. Can you visualize things like pictures, shapes, words and do you remember information you see. Seeing differences between things; remembering visual details; filling in missing parts in pictures, visual-motor coordination (hand writing); visualization and imagination; organization of their room, desk, etc. Students with visual processing disability generally have difficulty with math and spelling because they have trouble "visualizing" words, letters and symbols. Some signs of Visual Processing Disability are, poor handwriting; poor spelling; problems visualizing math problems, reading is slow with poor comprehension, proof proofreading skills, difficulty learning by demonstration. |
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| Auditory Processing - hearing the differences between sounds and voices. Involves how well you can keep up with people talking fast. Do you know who the voices belong to when it is someone familar and can you remember what they say. Students who have difficulty with Auditory Processing have difficulty in general reading, general writing and lanuage (understanding and expressing). They also have difficulty in oral directions, poor receptive language, and learning in lectures. |
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| Sequential/Rational Processing - main filing system in the brain. It involves organizing and memorizing specific bits of information. How well a students remembers details like names, dates, facts, etc. Students who have difficulty with Sequential/Rational Processing they have difficulty with short-term memory, long-term memory retrieval, fine-motor coordination (letter reversals, spellings letters in wrong order), finding the words to say or write, putting words and thoughts in order, spelling, punctuation, reading (speed, attention/concentration, remembering details), remembering formulas and steps in math. In general, Sequential/Rational Processing deficit has difficulty in planning assignments, remembering details, paying attention (their easily distracted by their surroundings), following specific directions. |