I am writing to clarify a critical distinction that is frequently misunderstood: the distinction between specific learning disabilities (SLD) and intellectual disabilities (ID). As both terms are ...

Many years ago, Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson (1968) performed a fascinating experiment in elementary school classrooms. They led teachers to believe that a special test had revealed that ...

Specific Learning disorders (SLD) are often identified when a student's academic skills are substantially and quantifiably below those expected for the individual's chronological age. These ...

The prognosis of SLD depends on several factors, like the age of diagnosis and comorbid conditions. Besides supportive environment in family and school helps these children overcome their deficits ...

Ulster University is leading a two-year multinational collaboration to develop an automated pre-screening tool for specific learning disabilities in children. Dr Pratheepan Yogarajah, a computer ...

Disability Training Programme launch: The event was presided over by the Secretary of Higher Education. The Ministry of Education has introdcuced the second cycle of its Capacity Building Programme on ...

"YOU are lazy". "You are not trying enough". "You are stupid". These are some of the ways by which some parents and teachers greet children with Specific Learning Disability (SLD). Being misunderstood ...