Hi, this is Tom, and in this episode I'm going to be going through Learning Disability,

and you can find notes at 0.0.5.com slash learning disability and in the 0-to-finals

pediatrics book. And you can find flashcards and questions at members.0 tofinals.com.

So let's jump straight in.

The Department of Health and Social Care in 2001 defined learning disability as a significantly

reduced ability to understand new or complex information,

to learn new skills, impaired intelligence,

with a reduced ability to cope independently, impaired social functioning,

which started before adulthood.

Learning difficulty is not the same as learning disability. Learning difficulty does not necessarily involve impaired intelligence, but causes specific

challenges in certain types of learning. Dyslexia involves difficulty in reading, writing and spelling.

Dysgraphia involves difficulty in writing.

Auditory processing disorder involves difficulty in processing auditory information.

Non-verbal learning disability involves difficulty in processing nonverbal information, for example body language or facial expressions.

Dyspraxia or developmental coordination disorder involves difficulty in physical coordination.

Let's talk about the classification of learning disability.

The severity of learning disability is based on the IQ or intelligence quotient.

An IQ of 55 to 70 means mild learning disability.

40 to 55 is moderate learning disability.

25 to 40 is severe learning disability

and under 25 is profound learning disability.

IQ measures cognitive and problem-solving ability compared with the average score of 100.

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