Why do parents of children with learning disabilities sometimes have a more difficult time in accepting this diagnosis versus parents of children with cognitive, sensory, or physical disabilities? How can professionals decrease some of the anxiety that parents of children with learning disabilities feel upon learning of the disability?
What will be an ideal response?
Learning disabilities may not be diagnosed until children begin to struggle academically and socially in school. Other types of disabilities (cognitive, sensory, physical) may be present at birth or soon after, so parents make necessary adjustments beginning very early on. Parents may be surprised when they are informed about their child's disability, relieved to hear an explanation for their child's struggles to learn or concerned about the time lost in finding effective interventions. Many parents must redefine their image of their child. Some parents may blame school personnel for their child's problems, especially if the child is identified during middle or high school. Other parents may believe that they have failed their child and that they should have been able to prevent the disability. Special education teachers and other school professionals need to be aware that their attitudes toward parents, their communications with them, and their openness to parent and family perspectives can affect greatly the quality of the student's education and support received from home.
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