What is a "learning disability"?

What is a "learning disability"?

Charles Sophy (Private Practice in Adult, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) gives expert video advice on: What are the warning signs that my child might have a learning disability?; How are learning disabilities diagnosed?; What are the most common treatments for children with learning disabilities? and more...

A learning disability is a difficulty an individual will have in some aspect of education, whether it is arithmetic, or math, or English or processing. Those learning disabilities are tested and diagnosed by psychological testing. The most common learning disabilities usually fall within the range of arithmetic or mathematics or reading or processing of reading.