by Editorial | Apr 9, 2019 | Learning Disabilities
26 March 2019 2:47 PM PODCAST with CAPE TALK Guest: Santie Smit | One of the directors of National Institute for Learning Development SA (NILD SA). Click here to listen online
by Editorial | Dec 5, 2018 | Articles of interest, Learning Disabilities
Isn’t it strange that whenever we are in a bad mood or frustrated, it feels as though everything is going wrong? Well, there just might be a good explanation for this phenomenon. Studies have shown that emotion has a substantial influence on the cognitive processes,...
by Editorial | Aug 16, 2017 | Learning Disabilities
When I was only 7 years old my parents found out that I had dyslexia, immediately they sent me for numerous tests to see the extent to the diagnosis. They were told that I had a 15 mark discrepancy between my verbal and non-verbal IQ. I never understood what was wrong...
by Editorial | Jun 14, 2017 | Learning Disabilities
When your child has a Learning Difficulty it is often very difficult for a parent or sibling to understand how a task that is easy for most people is so difficult for the LD child. Dysgraphia, or difficulty with writing, is often a visual-motor difficulty. In...
by Editorial | Apr 23, 2017 | Learning Disabilities
When we learn our brain has to do three things. Firstly it has to receive information through our various senses (perception). It then has to process, or make sense of, the information (cognition/thinking) and then it has to respond to the information (written or...
by Editorial | Apr 23, 2017 | Learning Disabilities
Although learning disabilities are as individual as thumbprints, most fall into three basic categories: dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia. However, people with learning disabilities might experience weaknesses in one, two or even all three of these areas. Dyslexia...
