What Role Do Genetics Play In The Learning Process?
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What Role Do Genetics Play
In The Learning Process?
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The IQ Of A Child Is Related To The IQ Of The Parent.
• Scientists call this a concordance rate.
• Children have a concordance rate of about .50 with their parent for IQ.
• So if intelligence is related, it was natural to expect that research would find that learning disabilities are also related.
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Scientific Research Supported The Premise That…
• Genetics play a role in learning disabilities.
• However, this is a complex area to study since there is great variety in the number and types of disabilities.
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• While learning disabilities tend to run in families, their presentation differs from the parent to the child.
• Children who lack skills needed for reading, such as hearing the separate sounds of words, often have a parent with a related problem.
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• The parent's learning disability may take a slightly different form in the child.
• A parent who has a Writing Disorder may have a child with an Expressive Language Disorder.
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It is unlikely that specific learning disorders are inherited directly.
More likely, what is inherited is a subtle brain dysfunction that can lead to a learning disability.
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However,
While genetics may be partly responsible for learning disorders, it is likely that environment also plays an
importance in their development.
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Twin Studies
• Allow the relationship of genetics and environment to be studied separately.
• In studies of identical (monozygotic) twins raised separately, the concordance rate for reading disorders was .68.
• This points to a high correlation between genetics and learning issues.
• However since it is not 100% there are still other influencing factors.
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Therefore…• Some learning difficulties may
stem from the family environment.
• If parents have an Expressive Language Disorder they may verbally interact less with their children,
• or the language they use may be full of grammatical errors.
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This is not classified as a disability….
Although the child lacks the stimulation and/or the support
for acquiring language, and therefore, may appear learning
disabled… this may not be the case…
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• Adequate testing should elucidate the exact etiology of the difficulty.
• And as the child gains exposure and skill, the apparent disability should disappear.
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Learning Disabilities Do Not Disappear
• A Developmental Delay occurs when the student is not exposed to the material.
• Once the student is exposed to the material, the problem is alleviated.
• With a learning disability a student is repeatedly exposed to the material but has difficulty understanding it. This is a life-long problem. While a student may learn to work with the problem, it does not disappear even with repeated exposure.
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Therefore….
A learning delay (Developmental Disorder)
should eventually disappear
whereas
A Learning Disability is related to brain function and is
permanent.
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Regardless Of The Cause…
Students with learning problems can be taught different methods that will help them succeed.
• In the case of developmental delay, the problem is temporary.
• With Learning Disabilities, the problem is permanent and the individual uses remediation techniques to compensate.
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More information about learning disabilities and cortical function
can be found on other Power Point Presentations
The David Program
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The David Center
JoAnn Curcio Cohen, Ph.D.Licensed Psychologist
Learning Specialist
The David CenterLaSalle College High School