Neurológia pre prax 6/2010

Specific developmental learning disorders – areas of functional deficit and models of disorders

Learning disabilities condue to a failure of acquirement of such abilities as reading, writing, and computing. They are usually revealed during childhood at the age when we start attending school, because pupils at this age much more experience requirements during this developmental stage that discloses this disabilities. Some of the traits are evident in preschool age and lead us to thinking about the risk of persisting to adolescence. In case of insufficient school support the disabilities last till adulthood and usually are the reason for achieving lower level of education and professional status than could be expected due to intellect capacity (Law et al., 2009). Many and frequent failures in this field can secondary lead to conduct, and affective disorder, and even to social maladaptation. In this article we will focus on particular functional deficits, which are prerequisites of learning disabilities manifestation and some of the used neuropsychological models.

Keywords: learning disabilities, product deficiency, model of disability.