What does this diagnosis mean?

A learning disability is a differnece in brain function that significantly hinders our ability to learn. It is a pattern of neurological dysfunction in the brain that causes a person to have difficulty correctly receiving information (perception), correctly processing information (cognition/thinking), or satisfactorily responding to information (written and verbal expression, visual-motor coordination, memory, etc.).

Who can provide the diagnosis?

A psycho-educational battery of formal and informal tests is used to determine patterns of strength and weakness as compared to intellectual ability. This battery of tests are administered by a registered psychologist.