Consensus statement of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics on evaluation and management of learning disability

Nair, M. K. C.; Prasad, Chhaya; Unni, Jeeson; Bhattacharya, Anjan; Kamath, S. Sachidananda; Dalwai, Samir

doi:10.1007/s13312-017-1071-9

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“…Screening of all children at the age of 7 years for LD in pediatric clinic will be highly beneficial. 10 Vincent AC et al This study has shown that intensive intervention through special education can bring about changes in the academic skills of children with learning disability. It can be noted that significant number of students had improvement in attention, reading, copying, arithmetic and spelling with maximum improvement noted in attention (73%).…”

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Effect of remedial teaching on the scholastic performance of children with learning disability

Vincent

Elenjickal

Sukumaran

2020

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: To assess the effectiveness of remedial teaching in children with learning disability and to find association between IQ score and age of the child with their improvement.Methods: An interventional study using pre-post study design, took place in Child Development Centre (CDC) of tertiary care Medical College hospital. Participants includes 45 school going children of age group of 6-15 years. After initial diagnosis and IQ assessment, remedial teaching was given in CDC for 12 months. Techniques are chosen on an individual basis by formulating individualised education program (IEP) by special educators. Diagnosis and pre- post assessment were done using tool, NIMHANS SLD battery. Effectiveness was evaluated as improvement in class levels of students. Definite improvement was decided in each student if improvement was observed in 4 or more domains. Relationship of IQ score and age with their improvement in was noted.Results: In pretest, poor results were found in attention and copying in 39 children, reading in 41, comprehension and spelling in 42, written expression in 43, and arithmetic in 44. In posttest, good results with statistical significance (p<0.05) were found in attention in 33, copying in 27, reading in 24, arithmetic in 15, and spelling in 12 children. Definite improvement was noticed for 33% of students with significant association with age and not IQ score of the child.Conclusions: This study shows that remedial teaching can bring about significant changes in academic skills namely attention, copying, reading, arithmetic, and spelling. 33% had definite improvement in 4 or more domains. The improvement in academic skills following remedial teaching was dependent on the child’s age and not on IQ score.

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“…It was given as 45 minutes session, 2 to 3 session per week followed by 1 ½ hour group intervention and brain gym exercises once every week on Saturdays, which is as per the latest recommendation in India. 10 Techniques are chosen on an individual basis by special educators who are B.Ed. in learning disability.…”

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Effect of remedial teaching on the scholastic performance of children with learning disability

Vincent

Elenjickal

Sukumaran

2020

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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“…But while detailing this condition, they give a description which makes it clear that they refer to SLD as defined in ICD-11 and DSM-5. [13] The Government of India has passed a new act covering all disabilities. This new Right of Persons with Disabilities Act (RPWD Act) [14] also uses the term "learning disability" for "learning disorder."…”

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“…But while detailing this condition, they give a description which makes it clear that they refer to SLD as defined in ICD-11 and DSM-5. [13]…”

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Learning Disorder or Learning Disability: Time to Rethink

Vidyadharan

Tharayil

2019

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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“…Incorporation of technology with assistive devices like voice recognition programs, recording devices, word processors and various educational apps are helpful. Consensus criteria for diagnosis and guidelines for management for SLD in India have been established [5,6].…”

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