Issues in Learning
Many situations and conditions can reduce a person's ability to reach to their potential. Learning disorders and disabilities, behavioural, emotional, and stress-related difficulties can all affect learning.
Red Ladder Optimized Learning provides psychological and psycho-educational assessment to investigate a wide range of difficulties, including the ones listed to the right.
It is common for a person to struggle with symptoms of more than one condition. For example, many people with a specific learning disability are also diagnosed with some form of ADHD.
If you have questions about whether you, your child, or someone else is struggling with a learning difficulty, consider contacting Red Ladder Optimized Learning or another psychologist to find out more.
Dyslexia (aka “Developmental Dyslexia”)
Specific Learning Disabilities:
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Specific Reading Disability
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Specific Disability in Written Expression
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Specific Mathematics Disability (Dyscalculia)
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Specific Handwriting Disability (Dysgraphia)
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Oral and Written Language Learning Disability (OWL LD)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders:
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ADHD, Predominantly Hyperactive/ Impulsive Type,
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ADHD, Predominantly Inattentive Type” (aka ADD)
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ADHD, Combined Type
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“Sluggish Cognitive Tempo”
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Other Executive Functioning problems
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Intellectual Disability
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
Mood Disorders:
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Depression
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Bipolar Mood Disorder
Anxiety Disorders and Shyness:
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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Social Anxiety Disorder (aka Social Phobia)
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Panic Disorders with or without Agoraphobia
Phobias -
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Stress / Trauma Disorders:
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Attachment Disorders
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Other Stress Conditions:
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School Resistance / Avoidance
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Occupational stress from learning problems
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Family-Based Stress (family illness, separation and divorce, family violence)
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Bereavement and Complicated Bereavement
Other Issues in Learning:
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School placement difficulties
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Bullying
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Giftedness
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Medical problems (e.g. chronic headaches, chronic pain, sleep disorders)
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Transition to Post-Secondary Studies