The program is concerned with the problems of students with persistent low academic achievement compared to their classmates
The decline
appears in one or more of the different learning skills, such as the basic
skills of reading, writing, arithmetic skills, intellectual processes (memory,
discrimination, concentration), the ability to speak, listen, or perceive and
think.
Note:- Before
starting to assess the problems of learning difficulties, the IQ test is
applied to the student’s case, and then the assessment of academic and
developmental learning difficulties is started.
:Developmental learning difficultie
Related to the difficulties of cognitive and
mental processes and the brain functions that the student needs in his academic
achievement. The reason for these difficulties may be central nervous system functional disorder,
and these difficulties also affect pre-academic processes, such as memory,
thinking, language, attention and cognition, on which achievement depends. The
child’s academic achievement, and constitute the most important foundations
upon which the cognitive and mental activity is based.
Academic
Learning Disabilities:
Difficulties with academic cognitive school
performance, and these difficulties are largely related to developmental
learning difficulties, and academic learning difficulties.
Difficulty in
arithmetic: This difficulty affects the individual's ability to
acquire arithmetic skills. Students who suffer from this difficulty are
characterized by a lack of audio or visual perception of numbers, and
difficulties in understanding the relationship between numbers. They also
suffer from difficulty in performing arithmetic operations.
Movement
difficulties: These difficulties include a sensory disturbance such as
balance, and compatibility between the performance of sight and hand, that is,
the student's inability to control and coordinate simple movements.
Difficulty
reading: Students who suffer from this difficulty show a low
ability to acquire reading and writing skills. Among the manifestations of
reading difficulties: difficulties in reading comprehension, difficulty in
spelling, and inaccuracy in reading.
Attention and
concentration disorders: Disorders in attention and concentration
appear through the distraction of the mind and its great sensitivity to
external stimuli
The center’s
services are represented in individual sessions by special education
specialists specialized in developing the skills of the aforementioned fields
and through specialized activities after evaluating the student and passing through
several tests to identify specific problems and developing appropriate planning
and the participation of the guardian and the educational specialized bodies to
which the student belongs