When looking at Learning Disabilities from a neurodevelopment point of view, it appears that there may be several contributing factors.

These factors tend to be neuro-biologically based and interfere with the working of specific brain systems. From our experience any combination of the following may be involved:

1. Disruption in the attentional system are often similar to ADD/ADHD.
2. Overly excited (flooded) or inhibited sensory or processing systems.
3. Brain related auditory/visual processing issues.
4. Delayed development in either the short-term or intermediate memory systems.
5. Alpha or theta brainwaves mostly in the parietal part of the brain. (These rhythms often are slowed down causing the brain to miscoordinate activities)
6. Missed mobility development, which tends to interfere with the brain's ability to "feedback" proper information to the different parts of the brain (regulate information).
7. Lateral hemisphere dominance in the visual and auditory pathways is not clearly defined.

Most of these findings have little to do with the actual intelligence of the child, but has a great deal to do with how fast information can be accessed and processed.

Often this is reflected in poor exam scores, especially when the exam is "timed". Remove the time pressure, the scores tend to go up.