Roger Lauer, Ph.D., Clinic Director
Gabrielle Gruber, M.S.W., Clinical Social Worker
(Originally published in LDA of Michigan’s Newsletter in 2005)
What causes learning problems? This question is sometimes viewed as a chicken and egg debate. Recent research has begun to identify the areas of the brain that are involved with learning problems; however, children experiencing learning difficulties are still labeled as unmotivated, lacking effort or lazy. In our practice, we also see children with Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar Disorders who struggle with school, but they do not have learning disabilities.
