Multiple brain processes are involved in learning such that disruptions in any one process may result in a learning difficulty. Learning difficulties are defined as a significant discrepancy-not otherwise explained by physical or sensory impairments- between the child’s intellectual functioning and academic performance. Working memory is the ability to hold in mind and manipulate information over short periods in the face of distraction. It develops more in the first 10 years of life than at any other point across the rest of the lifespan and reaches adult capacity levels around the age of 14 years