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Learning Disabilities Checklist of Signs and Symptoms |
By NCLD Editorial Staff
Published: March 04 2009
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Most people have problems with learning and behavior from time to time. During the school year, parents and educators should be on the alert for consistent (and persistent) patterns of difficulty that children and adolescents may experience over time as they may signal an underlying learning disability (LD). While variations in the course of development are to be expected, unevenness or lags in the mastery of skills and behaviors, even with children as young as four or five, should not be ignored.
Because learning disabilities can co-occur with other disorders, it's important to keep careful and complete records of observations and impressions so they can be shared among parent, educators and related service providers when making important decisions about needed services and supports.
 NCLD's Learning Disabilities Checklist is meant as a helpful guide to recognizing signs of LD, not as a tool to pinpoint specific learning disabilities. The more characteristics you check, the more likely the individual described is at risk for (or shows signs of) learning disabilities. When filling out this form, think about the person's behavior over at least the past six months in such domains as gross and fine motor skills, language, reading, written language, math, social/emotional and attention. When you're done, don't wait to seek assistance from school personnel or other professionals.
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