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Learning Difficulties in Primary Classes: A REET Level 1 Pedagogy Study Note
Learning difficulties are persistent problems that a primary-stage child shows in reading, writing or arithmetic despite adequate teaching. At the initial level, the four named specific learning disabilities are dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia, recognized under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016. A Classes 1 to 5 teacher observes over weeks, rules out vision, hearing and language-medium issues, applies low-cost adaptations such as shorter writing tasks, oral-answer options and wide-lined notebooks, and only then refers the child through the DIET resource teacher route for possible formal certification.
Key points
- A learning difficulty is a persistent gap in reading, writing or arithmetic that lasts across weeks and topics, not a single bad day or one weak subject.
- Four named specific learning disabilities at primary level are dyslexia for reading, dysgraphia for writing, dyscalculia for arithmetic, and dyspraxia for motor planning.
- RPwD Act 2016 lists these four under Specific Learning Disabilities and grants benchmark-disability accommodations to children certified at forty percent or above.
- The teacher's sequence is observe over weeks, rule out vision, hearing and language-medium issues, apply low-cost classroom adaptation, and refer only if the pattern persists.
- A sudden drop after a family stress event or a recent change in language of instruction usually points to situational causes rather than a specific learning disability.
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Learning difficulties are persistent problems that a primary-stage child shows in reading, writing or arithmetic despite adequate teaching. At the initial level, the four named specific learning disabilities are dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia, recognized under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016. A Classes 1 to 5 teacher observes over weeks, rules out vision, hearing and language-medium issues,...