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Specific Learning & Developmental Conditions

Sensory Motor Integration Dysfunction/ Sensory Processing Disorder

What are the signs and symptoms of Sensory Motor Integration Dysfunction or Sensory Processing Disorder? Child displays the following signs and symptoms: behaviour issues: distractible, withdrawing when touched, avoid certain textures, clothes, foods fearful reaction to ordinary movement activities, like playground play sensitive to loud noise may feel nausea and/or disorientation when they move, when their feet leave the ground,…

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Learning and Developmental Difficulties Resulted from Other Chromosome-Related Conditions

Signs and symptoms of learning and developmental difficulties resulted from other common chromosome-related conditions: Triple X syndrome a genetic disorder that affects females taller than average height is the most typical physical feature have intelligence in the normal range, but possibly slightly lower when compared with siblings vertical folds of skin that cover the inner corners of the eyes (epicanthal…

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Kabuki Syndrome

Kabuki syndrome is a rare genetic disorder with a range of characteristics, including intellectual disability, distinctive facial features and skeletal abnormalities. The most common characteristics include: distinctive set of facial features, including widely spaced eyes, low-set or prominent ears, exaggerated eyebrow arch, flattened nose tip and a very high palate or cleft palate short stature skeletal abnormalities, such as scoliosis,…

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Intellectual Disability

What are the signs and symptoms of Intellectual Disability? Child displays the following signs and symptoms: has below average intelligence as compared to their peers take a long time to learn new skills delayed in achieving milestones for most, if not all, of these developmental domains: gross and fine motor skills speech and language cognition social communication and self-concept daily…

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Dyspraxia (Motor & Coordination Difficulties)

What are the signs and symptoms of Dyspraxia? poor balance, may appear clumsy or may stumble frequently poor organisational skills – need visual reminders, poor memory, find planning difficult poor gross motor skills – displayed in life skills, activities that require coordination weak fine motor skills – manipulation difficulties, messy handwriting poor memory and attention skills, easily distracted & fidgety,…

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Dyslexia (Reading & Spelling Difficulties)

Did You Know? Many children are misdiagnosed as having Dyslexia when their root difficulties go unnoticed or excluded under categorical/ label-focused assessment. Generally, auditory processing (processing sounds), and/ or combined with other difficulties such as spatial challenges may manifest symptoms that look like Dyslexia. Auditory Processing (AP) + Visual Processing (VP) + Spatial Difficulties + Reading Difficulties = May manifest…

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Dyscalculia (Difficulties in Mathematics)

What are the signs and symptoms of Dyscalculia? Child displays the following signs and symptoms: has difficulty counting objects just by looking at them omit or skip number while counting has difficulty differentiating similar sizes or measurements poor understanding of Math concepts like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division reverse or misread numerical symbols or numbers e.g. read ‘+’ as ‘x’,…

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