In the present era, special education is being considered as an important field of study. All around the globe, there has been significant gains in special education services and policies supporting children with disabilities. But among the various categories of disabilities, learning disability is the one in which least importance is given to or which is ignored. A learning disability like dyscalculia is often ignored or not all identified. The book is designed with the intention to address some of the basic issues related to leaning disabilities in general with a special focus on dyscalculic problems. Writings in the area of learning disabilities represent an important dimension of creating awareness about those special wards who need special attention to develop their academic skills. This book outlines the essentials of the condition called dyscalculia and offers certain practical ways in which these difficulties can be addressed. Chapter 1 of this book introduces the concept of disability and the various types of disabilities. Chapter 2 focusses on learning disabilities and provides a discussion of prevalence and causative factors of learning disabilities and the problems of learning-disabled wards. Chapter 3 discusses about integrated the inclusive education and also the need of inclusive settings for learning-disabled children. Chapter 4 concentrates on analysis of dyscalculia problems by discussing about its types and causes. Chapter 5 presents in overview of learning styles and the different learning styles that are suited to dyscalculics. Chapter 7 reviews the researchers done on dyscalculia and addresses the need for conducting intensive studies on this area to meet the needs of dyscalculia. Chapter 8 helps the clients of education such as parents, teachers, administrators and researches on adoption of strategies to overcome the problems of these special children. This book will be useful to all those involved in the field of special education, especially, teacher educators and students of special education. It is hoped that this book will be of help to teachers and parents dealing with children with learning disabilities. It may also be helpful to researchers who wich to do researchers in the area of learning disabilities. The authors are indebted to all those sources which have been consulted covertly and overtly in preparing this book. Also suggestions and comments for the improvement of this book are most welcomed and appreciated.About the AuthorB William Dharma Raja M.Sc. (Phy), M.A. (Psy), MHRM, M.Ed., M.Phil., PGDCA, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Manomaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu 627012 (e-mail : width07@yahoo.com) B William Dharma Raja is a recipient of Excellence Award for research activities from Directorate of Teacher Education, Research and Training, Chennai (2006), Air India's BOLT (Board Outlook Learner Teacher) Award (2004), Award for Innovation in Teacher Education by National Council for Educational Research and Training, New Delhi (2003) and British Council's First-time Speaker Award (2002). He has commendable service in Tamil Nadu Open University, Chennai, and District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) in Tamil Nadu. He has more than 100 contributions in the form of research papers/articles in journals and papers presented in seminars/conferences from international level to regional level to his credit. He has written two books 'Educational in Emerging India' and 'Educational Technology'. Under his guidance, 30 pre-doctorate and one-doctorate scholars were awarded so far. Currently he is engaging himself in systematic researchers in teacher education, in general and educational psychology and educational management, in particular fused with special education. S Praveen Kumar M.Sc., M.Ed., M.Phil, (Ph.D) 41/5, "Gopisaras", Kattayanvilai, Vettornimadam P.O., Neegercoil 629003, Tamil Nadu (e-mail : spraveenkumar8@gmail.com). S Praveen Kumar had been working as a Lecturer in Education for two years. He was an active member of the Roteract Club which organized various social service programmes. His participation in the service programmes and visits to homes of challenged people prompted him to carry out research in the area of special education. His doctoral work is on Mathematics learning disabilities. He has presented twelve papers in the conferences and has published seven articles in the area of learning disabilities in reputed journals, both at the international and national levels.Table of ContentsPreface Disabilities Learning Disabilities Learning Disabilities and Inclusion Dyscalculia Learning Style of Dyscalculia Students Technology for Dyscalculia Researchers on Dyscalculia Recommendations to the Clients References