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HELPING CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

                  Steven has difficulty reading. Every time he knows that he will be asked to read loud in class, he develops a stomachache. Despite her teacher’s urgings, Maria has problems writing legibly. It takes her hours to complete her homework. Noah reads the same school assignments repeatedly. Still, he forgets the material and struggle with his grades. Steven, Maria, and Noah suffer from learning disabilities, the most common of which involve reading disabilities. Dyslexics, for example, often confuse letters that have a similar appearance. Other learning disabilities are dysgraphia [a disorder that affects handwriting] and dyscalculia [difficulty with math skills]. Yet, most of those with learning disabilities have average or above average intelligence. Symptoms of learning disabilities include delayed language skills, trouble rhyming words, habitual mispronunciation, persistent baby talk, difficulty in learning letters and numbers, inability to sound o