When it comes to learning, many parents will find that their children have problems of one kind or another. Fourth grade Xiao Li is usually very careless, do the problem is not to see the wrong number or miss a line, before the start of the school mother brought Xiao Li to changzhou a hospital "learning difficulties outpatient clinic". Wang Suhong, deputy director of the Department of Clinical Psychology, learned more about the situation and gave professional guidance and suggestions, and Xiao Li and his mother realized the root cause of the problem and were ready to gradually adjust the state.
It is reported that on February 8, 2022, the First Hospital of Changzhou opened a "learning difficulty clinic", which is received every Tuesday by an experienced psychologist, and about 100 patients have been treated because of specific learning disabilities and other learning difficulties-related diseases. "There are four main types of children who come to the doctor, one is specific learning disabilities, including dyslexia, dyslexia, dyslexia, etc.; the second is attention deficits, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; the third is other cognitive impairments, including intellectual disabilities, executive dysfunction; and the fourth is other diseases that affect learning, such as anxiety, depression, etc." Wang Suhong said that most of the children currently receiving treatment are children in the lower grades of primary school.
Wang Suhong introduced that learning difficulties, also known as poor learning or learning disabilities, are due to genetic and/or neurobiological factors that affect brain function, thereby impairing one or more cognitive functions related to learning. These cognitive function problems interfere with basic learning skills such as reading, writing, or computing, as well as with more advanced cognitive skills such as organization, time management, abstract reasoning, long/short memory, and attention. In addition to affecting academics, it will also affect other aspects of children, such as self-confidence, low self-esteem, parent-child relationship, peer relationship, etc.
Wang Suhong said that in the usual psychological outpatient work, doctors will come into contact with many children who have learning difficulties and even psychological problems due to various situations. However, in order to let parents better understand the scope of outpatient diagnosis and treatment, it was decided to name it "Learning Difficulty Clinic". Learning difficulties are not caused by visual, auditory or motor impairments, intellectual disabilities, mood disorders, etc., and therefore require careful screening. Common difficulties in reading, writing, and math are usually discovered early in school age and can be diagnosed in elementary school, but some cognitive impairments are more insidious and will not be discovered until middle school or even after work.
In the outpatient clinic, the doctor will find out the cause of the child's learning difficulties by asking for medical history, assessment tests, and mental condition examinations, and then carry out targeted behavioral intervention, psychological guidance, rehabilitation training and other treatments. It is worth noting that psychotherapy is cyclical and takes a certain amount of time, and it is also recommended that parents remain patient and have more time to interact with their children.
For parents of children with learning difficulties, Wang Suhong suggested that parents actively face it, do not hide their illness and avoid medical treatment, avoid problems, and thus miss the best time for treatment; actively accept and scientifically improve, both to accept their children's problems and their own depression and other negative emotions, adopt scientific methods, do not fall into "irrational" treatment because of excessive anxiety; explore resources, communicate with medical institutions and schools, and build a good environment for children's growth.
Source: Yangtze Evening News, Wujin News Network, I Su Video