How learning disabilities can impact the information
processing cycle
There are three stages to learning:
- Inputting information
- Processing information
- Outputting information
There is a breakdown at one or all three of the stages for adults with learning
disabilities.
Signs at the input stage:
- Limited amount of information taken in at once
- Distraction or short attention span which can result in a loss of all or
some of the information
- One or more of the five senses of learning hinder the ability to take
in information
Signs at the processing stage:
- Difficulty organizing and putting information in order
- Difficulty integrating new information with old information
- Limited short or long-term memory, resulting in information being
forgotten or lost
- Difficulty transferring information learned visually with information
learned auditorily or visa versa
- Difficulty encoding and decoding information
Signs at the output stage:
- Difficulty writing information even though it is understood or can be
expressed verbally
- Difficulty completing tasks even though the knowledge is present
- Difficulty expressing verbal knowledge8
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