| Identifying the deep and underlying causes of learning | | | | or strong skills. Higher scores in a certain area typically |
| disabilities doesn't have to be difficult. A "Learning Style | | | | will mean they are a root cause for a learning issue. |
| Exercise helps bring to the surface potential causes | | | | The processes focused on in this exercise include |
| for many common learning disabilities including dyslexia | | | | attention, processing speed, auditory processing, visual |
| (difficulty understanding words, sentences, or | | | | processing, and logic and reasoning. Here are your |
| paragraphs), dyscalculia (difficulty solving mathematical | | | | instructions so you can conduct a small sample |
| problems and grasping mathematical concepts, and | | | | "Learning Styles Exercise": "Compared to kids the |
| auditory and visual processing disabilities. There are | | | | same age and gender, this behavior occurs |
| many other disabilities as well that affect people from | | | | _________ in my son or daughter." Rank each |
| all walks of life. The important thing is that these | | | | statement on a scale of "0" to "4" as follows: (0) less |
| learning disabilities often are masked behind weak | | | | often OR doesn't apply at this age; (1) at about the |
| cognitive skills. The exercise can pinpoint exactly what | | | | same frequency; (2) slightly more; (3) considerably |
| cognitive skill is weak, and will give a qualified tutor the | | | | more; or (4) significantly more. You would rank where |
| knowledge they need to create a plan of action to | | | | your child stands on topics such as attention, |
| help the student strengthen the weak skill. Working on | | | | processing speed, auditory processing, memory, visual |
| strengthening weak cognitive skills will dramatically | | | | processing, and logic. Each of those main categories |
| increase effectiveness of the individual when it comes | | | | would have a variety of sub categories that you |
| to learning. Simply, if a student is compensating for | | | | would work from. After you are done you would add |
| weak cognitive skills by relying on his or her strong | | | | up each category. A score of 6 or below would |
| cognitive skills, a "Learning Styles Exercise" will reveal | | | | suggest a normal range for that particular skill set, |
| this underlying pattern and allow for corrective action. | | | | scoring 7 to 9 points out potential weaknesses, 10 to 11 |
| Studies have revealed that more than 80% of learning | | | | shows a likely weakness, and 12 or above suggests a |
| struggles come from weak underlying cognitive mental | | | | significant weakness. Once you have conducted your |
| skills. That is why cognitive based testing, like a | | | | own assessments it is important to go to a qualified |
| "Learning Styles Exercise", is the most proven and | | | | learning center for a more thorough assessment of |
| effective way to start someone on the path to | | | | your child's particular situation. |
| improved learning. With a learning style exercise the | | | | LearningRx, is a child and adult learning center which |
| main focus is on the main processing areas in the | | | | provides cognitive skills learning assessments and |
| brain. A scoring system is used by quality testing and | | | | training to help students overcome learning disabilities. |
| learning centers to help better identify potentially weak | | | | |