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SPECIFIC LEARNING DISORDERS IN CHILDREN
Specific learning disorder (SLD) is defined as a condition in which a child whose intelligence is normal and above normal cannot succeed in reading, writing or mathematics skills compared to their peers and intelligence despite receiving a standard or good education. Turkey Medicals hospital member and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Doctor gave information about the disease due to the Specific Learning Disorder Awareness Week on November 1-7.
There is a discrepancy between the academic skills and cognitive capacities of children with specific learning disorders, Turkish Doctor said, “It is one of the most common neuropsychiatric disorders in primary education. In a specific learning disorder that is considered a disorder or difficulty rather than a disease, when the causes that cause the disorder are investigated, it is thought that it can occur with the association and interaction of many factors rather than a single factor. These include genetic, social or environmental, neurobiological characteristics. Its prevalence is reported to be between 5-15 in school-age children of different languages and cultures,”he said.
Emphasizing that there are three different types of specific learning disorder, dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia, Dr, “Dyslexia, so reading or reading words incorrectly or slowly and spent much effort (e.g., reads single words aloud when reading incorrectly or slowly and hesitatingly, often written, by guessing rather than reads, the difficulties in the utterance of words live), difficulty in understanding the meaning of what is read (properly written text can read, but the reading order for the relationship to each other, don’t understand the deep meaning and inferences) are among the common signs. Dysgraphia, that is, a written expression disorder, is observed in the form of difficulties in writing words or letters correctly (adding, removing vowels or consonants or changing their location), difficulties in written expression (making grammatical or punctuation errors in sentences, paragraph editing is bad, cannot express his opinion clearly enough in writing). Diskalkuli, math or number sense, arithmetic calculation, or difficulties in their number, their sizes and their relationships could not get enough of these single-digit numbers from their peers and Like Minds does not collect counts his fingers instead of numerical calculations or processes can change in the middle of lost), numerical reasoning difficulties are the most common symptoms,” he said.
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THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH LEARNING PROCESSES
Dr. “In addition to the symptoms related to academic skill areas, the difficulties in learning processes in specific learning disorders are also at the forefront. Learning is about perceiving, associating, keeping in mind and using the learned material when it comes to it. All these stages are carried out under the control of attention and executive functions. In the field of learning disabilities are reading, writing, math and school in such areas as age is not a problem, kid’s games, even friends and other social relationships can have a negative impact on daily activities,” he said.
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CONSIDER THESE BEHAVIORS
Doctor who warns parents about the findings that may be seen “Children with Specific Learning Disorders, individuals have difficulty perceiving the shape and position of objects they see due to visual perception disorders. They can perceive letters inverted or incorrectly (they can confuse b-p 3-5 6-9 p-b-d i-i sh-s), they can reverse words (aries-a lot, ev-and etc.). Due to problems with the perception of distance-depth-size, the child can not estimate the depth, bumps into things, falls out of the chair, has difficulty distinguishing right and left. Auditory perception disorders cause an incorrect perception of the sounds heard (stove-stick, suitcase-drum). As a result of a disconnection in auditory perception, these individuals may miss or not perceive some of the sequential and long messages,”he said.
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CLUMSINESS IS OFTEN OBSERVED
Dr. “Due to integration problems, sorting, abstraction and organization, editing, and planning problems are observed,” said Professor. Working memory and short-term memory problems are common, for example, failing an exam even though it works very well when you go to school, not being able to learn the multiplication table refers to difficulties in this area. They show a lack of fine motor skills such as running, climbing, swimming, cycling, playing ball, as well as coarse motor skills such as button buttoning, using scissors, using a fork and spoon, holding a pencil, painting, clumsiness is common. The diagnosis is made by a child psychiatry specialist using adequate clinical evaluation and, if necessary, different tests (for example, an intelligence test) and scales (for example, evaluating standard academic performance),” he said.
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TYPE OF TREATMENT IN TURKEY
There is no original and effective drug treatment for the disease, Dr. said, “The main thing in treatment is education. However, it is not curriculum programs or supportive private lessons that are meant by education. In the light of the diagnosis and evaluations, special education programs are proposed that are created according to the child’s problem areas and learning styles. It has been scientifically shown that the difficulties experienced by children who do not participate in appropriate educational programs in the field of learning cannot be corrected by themselves. For this reason, special training is very important in treatment. Let’s not forget, a specific learning disorder is not a mental retardation or a disease, but a learning disability, and it can be treated in Antalya Turkey, with appropriate educational programs at an early stage,” he said.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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