Learning Disabilities Awareness
Learning disabilities are often diagnosed in children after they start school. Although the disorders develop in children at a young age, even before birth, they only manifest in school age children.
Affected children are unable to interpret what they see or hear. They are also not able to connect information from various parts of the brain. The problems manifest as difficulties with written or spoken language, self-control, co-ordination or even attention.
The difficulties also affect school work and impair learning to write, read or do mathematics. However, an individual’s IQ or the person’s intelligence is not reflected through learning disabilities.
The disorders are often lifelong, impacting an individual’s family situation, work or school, friendships, daily routines or even play. Overlapping learning disabilities can become apparent in children with the disorders. However, some children have just one independent learning issue, which has no effect on other parts of their lives.
Not all learning difficulties fall under learning disabilities. Some children are just slow to develop specific skills because children naturally differ in their rate of development. Therefore, what may seem to be a learning disorder may just be a delay in reaching maturity.
This course covers everything you need to know about learning disabilities.
You Will Learn:
- What learning disabilities are and how they occur
- Types of learning disabilities
- Signs of learning disabilities in children in their early years, their fifth year and at primary school level
- Signs of learning disabilities in secondary school students and adults
- Interventions for learning disabilities
- Learning disability awareness months and weeks
Benefits of Taking This Course
Taking this course will help you:
- Understand learning disabilities, how they occur and how they manifest
- Learn the different types of learning disabilities
- Help create awareness about the learning disabilities
- Determine if your child has a learning disability
- Learn how to treat learning disorders
Course Modules/Lessons
FAQ's
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Who can take the Learning Disabilities Awareness Certification course?
There are no entry requirements to take the course. -
What is the structure of the course?
The course is broken down into 1 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although students are free to spend as much or as little time as they feel necessary on each module. -
Where / when can the course be studied?
The course can be studied study at any time and from any internet connected device -
Is there a test at the end of the course?
Once you have completed all 1 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 1 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing. -
What is the pass mark for the final test?
The pass mark for the test is 70%. -
What happens if a user fails the test?
If the user doesn’t pass the test first time they will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times a test can be taken. -
How long does it take to complete the Learning Disabilities Awareness Certification course?
We estimate that the course will take about 0.75 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.
