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AWARENESS ON LEARNING DISABILITY AMONG PRE-PRIMARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

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Dr. Arun Banik, Dr. Aninda Duti Banik, Ms. Anindita Banik, Ms. Shachi Sharma
» doi: 10.48047/AFJBS.6.5.2024. 8590-8612

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Learning Disabilities refer to a number of disorders which may affect the acquisition, organization, retention, understanding or use of verbal or nonverbal information. These disorders affect learning in children who otherwise demonstrate at least average abilities essential for thinking and reasoning.Kumar & Suman (2017) study found that "the prevalence rate of students with learning disability varies from 10.76 percent to 13.41 percent and early diagnosis of learning disability in children is critically important to identify and suggest remedial solutions at the right time, so these LD learners successfully learn and become winner in the society” Teachers play an important role in any educational system. Teacher and Speech Therapist is an artist who moulds and shapes the physical, intellectual and moral powers of children. In any normal school environment one can find Children with mild learning disabilities easily. If the learning disabilities are unnoticed, unanswered, ignored and such children’s needs are not met in regular class rooms or special education with in the school; we cannot fulfill the aim of universalization of elementary education and equalization of educational opportunity. It brings scholastic backwardness in these learning disabled children.

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