people with learning difficulties.....................?

Question

do they understand the consequences of their actions ? Or are they unable to follow this through?

Answer 1

Learning difficulties and their consequences, namely weakness in achievement and/or dropout from schools are attributed to several factors. Such factors are related, in general, to the teachers, to the learners, to the teaching-learning environment at school and to family and community environment. A considerable number of both male and female students have a low academic achievement although they have no weakness in cognitive development. Each of these factors requires specific intervention methods to overcome the learning difficulties stemming from it. The idea of the community supportive education was developed by CSC to try to respond to difficulties stemming from the last factor; family and community environment as indicated by socio-economic level of the family. This low academic achievement, then, can be attributed to conditions pertinent to family life that crystallize in the lack of care and orientation from parents or others in charge of children. To help these children, there is a need for an alternative that secures for them an atmosphere of care that responds to their children’s needs: educational and social.

Answer 2

Depends on their level of learning difficulty.
Some will understand the consequence of an action but also some will get so frustrated at not being able to communicate what the problem is that they will not even bother about the consequence. Usually if someone is acting out it is for a reason, this is the time to use non-judgemental, empathic listening. If challenging questions are made, dont be drawn in to a power struggle, ignore the challenge but not the person.
Negotiate a contract with the person, agree for them to give some kind of sign that they are becoming anxious so then you can re-act quicker and hopefully avoid any escalating behaviours.

Answer 3

To be honest it depends on the person, if the person is highly functioning, then yes there is a possibility that they can understand the consequences of their actions, but if they are at the lower end of funtionality then they possibly will have no clue what consequences their actions cause. But to be honest even a person with learning disabilities that are highly funtioning, may have to have the actions/consequences pointed out to them, before they fully understand what has happened.

Answer 4

Depends on the kind of disability. Dyslexia is a learning disability, and people with it understand very well the consequences of their actions, while some people with Autism do not.

Answer 5

I think it depends on the type of learning disability. I think that the problems you mentioned are more likely with ADD/ADHD. Of course, there are other problems. People with traumatic brain injury, especially in the frontal or temporal lobes, would have problems in these areas. So, I guess I am saying you need to know where the problem originates from, its etymology.

Answer 6

i think it depends on the person, and if they have been taught that all actions have consequences.

Answer 7

It is called difficulties for a reason. Are you joking? No they don't and even though I think it's funny, it's not. I know. Don't rub it in.

Answer 8

they can understand and follow through