Symptoms

Learning difficulties or learning disorders usually manifest themselves in the behavior of the children. Almost always the behavior, the experience and/or the personality development of the child is affected. The extent to which the above-mentioned areas are symptomatically influenced depends on whether learning difficulties are temporary and therefore temporary or whether they manifest themselves. In addition, it is important to differentiate whether a child has general learning weaknesses, i.e. whether the learning problems are related to different areas (e.g. reading, spelling, arithmetic) or whether they are partial (partial performance weakness), such as dyslexia or dyscalculia.As it is not possible to deal with all symptoms that can be caused by a learning problem at this point, I would like to refer you to the following pages:

Symptoms of dyslexia
Symptoms of dyscalculia
Symptoms of ADS
Symptoms of ADHS
Characteristics of giftedness
Symptoms of a lack of concentration

Special features of learning problems in adults

People learn differently in adulthood than they did at a young age. This does not necessarily mean that adults learn worse, but it can lead to completely different learning problems. Adults do not acquire skills and knowledge through play by trying out and practising an activity.

Adults are clearly more intellectual and cannot follow a new activity without a certain degree of impartiality, true to the motto “trial and error”. In this context, learning problems can also be caused by negative learning successes or inhibiting learning experiences, from earlier years, which are emotionally anchored and deeply rooted. Furthermore, a learning stop or even a learning problem can occur due to misunderstandings of the learning material.

This, and skipping learning steps, has the consequence that no linear learning takes place, like with a small child. In addition, the stress of normal everyday life, such as family care, work, etc. is the cause of learning difficulties for some adults. The everyday stress and the corresponding worries or fears make the learning process of new things more difficult, because the receptiveness is reduced by the normal life, which runs parallel. As a result, not only the age-related decreasing ability of the brain to memorize new content can be responsible for learning problems, but also a lack of learning strategies that adapt to age and life situation.