The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) consider specific learning difficulties to be neurodevelopmental. This means that they are present from birth, but often only manifest ...

Different learning difficulties do not correspond to specific regions of the brain, as previously thought, say researchers at the University of Cambridge. Instead poor connectivity between 'hubs' ...

Different learning difficulties do not correspond to specific regions of the brain, as previously thought, say researchers at the University of Cambridge. Instead poor connectivity between 'hubs' ...

Reading difficulties likely occur on a continuum, meaning that there is a wide range of students who experience reading difficulties. There are those students who are diagnosed with a learning ...

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Human Development, IOE UCLUCL IOE. Programme Director for MA SpLD dyslexia and Programme route leader for the MA in Special and Inclusive Education ...

Between three and six percent of schoolchildren suffer from an arithmetic-related learning disability. Researchers now show that these children are also more likely to exhibit deficits in reading and ...

Artificial intelligence helps teachers identify which of their students have learning difficulties, according to a new study. Teachers make more accurate assessments of learning difficulties such as ...

Do you have an employee with a learning difficulty that you at first weren’t aware of? Or perhaps that employee didn’t even realise they had learning difficulties until they found themselves ...

Learning to read is a complex process. It requires children to master and integrate multiple skills, from mapping abstract ...

Linda J. Graham receives funding from the Financial Markets Foundation for Children (FMF4C 2013-030) and the Australian Research Council (DP1093020; DP110103093). She is a member of the Australian ...

Gifted artists with and without learning difficulties have been given a unique series of showcases for their work. The ...

Different learning difficulties do not correspond to specific regions of the brain, as previously thought, say researchers. Instead poor connectivity between 'hubs' within the brain is much more ...