Book/website recs please!

[Nakia]

I am looking for books and/or websites about children who are slow to learn. I don't mean children who have learning disabilities, just kids who learn slower than "normal."

 

Who knows if this makes sense, lol. I heard the term "slow to learn" today, and I want to learn more. I'm hoping the hive can help!

[LNC]

In the special education world mild intellectual disability is 50s-60's iq approx. 70s-80s iq is a "slow learner", because the average iq is 100. Maybe that is the term you heard?

 

An iq of 70s-80s is not eligable for a self-contained special education class, and it isn't an "official label." A learning disability is a normal iq but lower test scores on achievement tests.

 

http://www.schoolpsychologistfiles.com/slowLearnerFaq.html

http://www.ldonline.org/questions/aboutld#5029

(difference between slow learners and learning disabled)

 

Just google slow learners and education or iep or special education... You should come up with a lot of hits. HTH!

[Starr]

Some people process more slowly and it causes some learning to come more slowly. I don't think she means necessarily with a lower IQ. Ds is quite bright but watching how slowly math comes gives me a headache. If this is for your child I think you would want the battery of tests so you can better teach her. I wish I had done this earlier.

[Nakia]

This is in regards to my 9 year old, and no, I don't believe she has a low IQ. I do think she processes slower. She is a perfectionist as well, so it's hard for her to do something if she's not 100% sure she'll get it right. She has been diagnosed with anxiety, which may or may not be related. It's hard to tell.

 

She wants to be a surgeoun when she grows up. :D

 

What is the battery of tests, Starr?

 

Thanks so much!!