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Indian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Pediatrics

Volume  8, Issue 1, January - April 2016, Pages 25-30
 

Original Article

Demographic and Family Issues in Children with Specific Learning Disability

Rajasekhar Reddy T.

Junior Consultant, Department of Paediatrics, New Life Thumbay Hospital, Chaderghat, Hyderabad, Telangana.

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DOI: DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijtep.2348.9987.8116.4

Abstract

 Introduction: Early warning signs related to language development may also include: late talking, inadvertently hitting or grabbing instead of communicating verbally, pronunciation problems, slow vocabulary growth, difficulty rhyming words, trouble learning numbers, the alphabet, the days of the week. Methodology: The study was conducted as a cross sectional study of descriptive type from August 2011 – March 2013. Hundred children who studied in two private schools coming under the purview of school health Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children were recruited into the study. Results: It was observed that children with specific learning disability seem to be more interested in sports channel and cartoon channel, rather than vernacular language channel. It is observed that  66% of the children with specific learning disability have access to extra schooling- which higher than the other two groups. Conclusion: Children with specific learning disability don’t miss breakfast, Children with specific learning disability are punctual and Children with specific learning disability have good attendance.

Keywords: SLD; GLAD; Learning Disability.

Corresponding Author : Rajasekhar Reddy T.