The difference between Global Learning Difficulties and Dyslexia
March 26th, 2009
My daughter aged 10 has just be diagnosed with global learning difficulties can you please tell me what is the difference between that and dyslexia?
Learning difficulties fall into 2 types, specific learning difficulties and global learning difficulties.
Specific learning difficulties, include dyslexia, dyspraxia autism etc where the child has specific strengths and weaknesses. This means that the child is basically bright but has weaknesses in some abilities. Their WISC test profile has high and low scores.
Global learning difficulties is where the child is low right across the spectrum. The chid has tested as having no specific strengths.
However many, many kids are being misdiagnoses all the time. i have worked with scores of dyslexic kids who have been labelled incorrectly as having global learning difficulties.
I assume that your daughter must have been given the WISC test. If you consider this to be incorrect in your daughters case, get hold of the WISC subtest scores and send them to me or have them evaluated again at a Dyslexia Centre.
I will be pleased to help.
4 Comments Add your own
1. Miguel | July 30th, 2011 at 5:43 am
Having read this, I find it very interesting and would like to know where I can get hold of the WISC test to verify if I should have this carried out on my daughter who shows poor progress in her class.
Although my daughter shows no specific difficulty, she lags behind the rest of the Class. She is currently 11 years old and would appreciate any further advice.
Miguel Martos
2. carol wilson | September 30th, 2011 at 6:15 pm
i have a daughter who is 13, but i have been told that she is 7yrs behind every child in her school, she does attend a special needs school now, i have been told that she as got global learning difficuties, but am not so shaw that is the case, i tld people that she found it hared to read or write when she got to the age of schooling, i dnt no where t turn to, could you please help me out in anyway, thank you so much.
3. maria | November 12th, 2011 at 2:05 am
hi there my son is 8 years old and finds school really diffacult hes in year 4 but is at reception stage he finds consatration really hard his motor skills are not good either he doesnt sleep very well and is quite clumsy im quite worried please help
4. charlotte | March 6th, 2012 at 3:03 am
my son has been seen by 2 consultant paediatricians as the first 1 said he was fine ,now they have diagnosed him with severe global learning difficulties plus learning difficulties and special needs and adhd loose motor skills .he is on medikinet he cries alot hes in a main stream school but gets told off as he has very challenging behaviour i am looking 4 support and to educate myself so i can help my son in the best way can you offer me any advice etc many thanks
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