| A learning assessment is the first step | | | | you to efficiently and easily read, |
| in the right direction to help your | | | | think, prioritize, understand, plan, |
| child overcome common learning | | | | remember, and solve problems. Strong |
| disabilities. Since learning struggles | | | | cognitive skills lead to fast, academic |
| manifest themselves in many different | | | | learning and make life much easier. |
| ways, a quality learning assessment | | | | There are many examples of how weak |
| should start with that in mind. | | | | cognitive skills can lead to many common |
| Struggles can range from trouble paying | | | | learning disabilities seen today. Poor |
| attention in class to difficulty | | | | concentration and attention skills can |
| sounding out words or struggling to | | | | cause a student to be easily distracted |
| comprehend reading materials. Quality | | | | and miss instructions. For children who |
| assessments will identify the specific | | | | can't segment or blend sounds, weak |
| cause and give you an idea of how to fix | | | | underlying cognitive skills lead to |
| the issue. | | | | listening, reading, and spelling |
| There are a variety of causes for | | | | challenges. If a learning assessment is |
| learning disabilities, but most people | | | | done correctly, these weak cognitive |
| have false misconceptions of what truly | | | | skills should be identified and plans |
| causes them. Many people point to | | | | made to help the individual overcome the |
| genetics, poor teaching, or even a lack | | | | disability. |
| of motivation, but these are false | | | | Once weak cognitive skills are |
| theories that usually only address the | | | | identified, they can be improved with |
| symptoms of a problem, not the | | | | the proper training. A unique plan of |
| underlying cause. In fact, almost anyone | | | | action for strengthening the weak |
| can improve their current situation with | | | | cognitive skills will follow a good |
| the proper testing and training programs | | | | learning assessment. It is important for |
| that address the issue. Students who | | | | a learning center to take a |
| lack motivation typically are not | | | | cognitive-based approach to testing and |
| struggling because they don't care but | | | | training, but it is also important that |
| because they are frustrated from past, | | | | they develop a plan of action unique to |
| repeated failures resulting from a | | | | your child so he or she can achieve the |
| learning struggle. | | | | best results possible. Everyone is |
| The true cause of learning difficulties | | | | slightly different, so it is essential |
| come from weak underlying cognitive | | | | to make sure the plan of action is a |
| skills; skills that enable you to learn. | | | | personalized approachnot one size fits |
| That means they must function well for | | | | all. |