The learning process is based on sequential process structured from specific identified cognitive stations. The process is accompanied by emotional subsiding factors. “Learning” is successful only by a completion of all stations involved in the learning process.

In case the five senses, responsible for conducting the information from the external world to our brain, function well and still there are disturbances in the learning process we may suspect the involvement of a specific learning disability.

The stations responsible for the learning process all deal with perceiving and handling information. Specific learning disabilities (LD) are disturbances affecting the passage of information via those defined stations, namely, attention, concentration, perception (auditory and visual), memory (auditory and visual), thinking, graphomotor as well as linguistic capabilities.

Most cases of LD’s are found and diagnosed when the child starts his schooling. Taking into consideration certain emotional factors, when the child reflects a gap between his learned performances (which are expected from him according to his chronological age) and his peers he is referred for diagnosis of his cognitive and emotional states.

Learning disabilities are stable and do not disappear during maturation and if not resolved early in life may have an effect on future occupation and family life of the person. Epidemiological surveys have indicated that up to 10% of school children have LD.

Can Learning disabilities be resolved? YESSS !!!  Read all about it - coming right up.

Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities

A specialist should conduct diagnosis of learning disabilities. Evaluating the child’s expected versus actual abilities and his strength and weaknesses, the expert can point to specific disturbances that sabotage academic and social activities of children. A neuropsychological evaluation possesses the capability to restrict the disturbed learning process to specific stages of the cognitive learning process as well as the brain loci responsible to these activities.

Treatment of Learning Disabilities 

After determining the existence of LD’s in the child’s learning process, a structured learning process is determined for the child in order to optimize the children’s development. Along with development of a specific learning process, a therapeutic process should be initialized to minimize the primary (learning) and secondary (social, emotional etc.) damages referred by disturbed learning process of the children. Hence, it is recommended to initialize the diagnosis and therapeutic processes as soon as possible for maximal effects. Nowadays, professionals recognize learning disabilities in 7 years old children.

Advanced diagnosis and treatment  

Novel understanding of the brain’s circuitry and function has lead to better understand leading factors involved in LD’s and thus further develop a new, scientific, biophysical non-invasive, accurate and reliable method (BDTAK) to diagnose LD’S accurately. The patient performs the test autonomously, at his home setting.

BDTAK has been tested with individuals at a wide age span of 4 to 63 years for different disorders. Today, testing the child at the age of three years old indicates the future chances of that child to develop specific learning disabilities as well as several other disorders affecting the child’s emotional social and behavioral activities.

BDTAK makes possible to minimize suffering from the patient and his family by accurate, reliable, time

consuming diagnosis.

Utilizing BDTAK made possible to integrate specific commercial medications for LD’s and monitor the expected change. Today, specific medications are tested, and in certain cases proven to resolve certain graphomotor disturbances, aberrant perception, motor coordination and other LD’s relieving the child from prior diagnosed dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia and a major DYSCOMFORT (Submitted for publication).

Frequently asked questions

At what age can learning disabilities be detected

Where should a child with LD’s be placed

Can a child with LD’s learn in the mainstream schooling

Do LD’s resolve sometimes, gradually during development

Dr. A. Kessler, writing this page is a psychologist and a neuropsychologist in the “Clinic of Advanced Psychology”, engaged in treating and consulting patients as well as in clinical research, a member of the Israeli Psychological Association, an affiliate member of the APA and a member of the TIC consortium.