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Minimal Brain Dysfunction (Learning Disorders)
SYMPTOMS. Signs that may be seen prior to school age include impulsiveness,
hyperactivity, lack of motor coordination and emotional instability. Later
signs may include short attention span, discipline problems, constant moving
touching and handling, easily distracted, inability to control impulses,
reversal of letters and numbers, perceptual problems and failing in shcool.
CAUSES. There is no single cause of the disorder. Some type of learning
disorder may be experienced by an estimated 5 to 15 percent of American
schoolchildren. If affects 5 times as many boys as girls. In some cases
there is emotional problems and in others nervous system disorders are
present. Some may be genetically sex-linked.
TREATMENT. Management of any specific medical problems.
.Help with educational difficulties. Remedial school work may be needed.
.Participation with physicians, neurologists, psychologists, parents and
teachers may be required for an accurate diagnosis.