Construction of a Training Program as a Phoniatric Approach for Remediation of Egyptian Dysgraphic Children.

Abstract

Learning disability is a general term that describes specific kinds of learning problems. A learning disability can cause a person to have trouble learning and using certain skills. The skills most often affected are: reading, writing, listening, speaking, reasoning, and doing math. Other terms are used to describe certain difficulties as dyslexia which refers to difficulties in reading, dysgraphia which refers to difficulties in writing; and dyscalcula which refers to difficulties in math. All of these are considered learning disabilities. National Dissemination Center for Learning Disabilities (2011). Hamstra-Bletz and Blote (1993) defined “dysgraphia” as a disturbance or difficulty in the production of written language that has to do with the mechanics of writing. The difficulty is manifested in the form of inadequate performance of handwriting among children who are of at least average intelligence level and who have not been identified as having any obvious neurological or perceptual-motor problems.