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Attention Deficit Disorders - Understanding Attention Deficit Disorders

Attention Deficit Disorders may coexist with learning disabilities. Learn about common symptoms of attention disorders and how to seek help at school.

Learning Disabilities - What are Learning Disabilities?

Learning disabilities affect an estimated 2 to 10 percent of the population. Find out what learning disabilities are, and learn about the various types of learning disabilities.

Siblings of Children with Disabilities

Siblings of children with disabilities have unique challenges. They deal with all the typical issues of typical families and more. In the best way, specially blended families are an inspiration to us all. Learn why.

Dyslexia Symptoms, Definition and Dyslexia Diagnosis

Dyslexia symptoms are usually seen in reading and writing. Dyslexia symptoms may be a sign of learning disabilities in reading and writing. Learn more about dyslexia symptoms and how dyslexia is diagnosed.

Tutoring for Free - Your Child May be Eligible for Free Tutoring

Free tutoring is available in many public schools under the No Child Left Behind legislation, your child may qualify for free tutoring. As part of the NCLB, certain schools are required to provide free tutoring through supplemental education services. Find out if your child can benefit from this free tutoring program.

Summer School Activities at Home Reinforce Essential Skills

Summer school activities at home are a great way to keep your child's skills sharp. Summer school activities can prevent loss of skills. Working on summer school activities at home gives your child the opportunity to learn through real-life activities nor available in schools.

Preschool Children with Disabilities - Is Your Child Ready for Preschool?

Preschool children with disabilities need planning for a successful transition into school. Learn what to expect as your disabled child enters preschool. Find ways to make the transition into preschool for your child with a disability go more smoothly for both of you.

Homework Help - Organize a Study Space to Help with Homework

Help with homework by organizing your study space. Help your child with homework by creating a well organized and efficient homework space. Find tips to organize your space to help with homework.

Lifelike Prosthetics Change Lives

Lifelike prosthetics can change lives for people with physical impairments caused by injury, disease, or congenital conditions. Clinical anaplastologists like Robert Barron provide a lifelike prosthetics as a life-changing alternative to corrective surgery.

Brain Injuries- Learning Disabilities and Educational Programing

Brain injury is a serious problem in the US, and the numbers continue to rise. Learn about brain injury and the learning disabilities that can happen as a result. Find strategies and best practices for planning educational programs for brain injury.

Diagnosing Learning Disabilities - How Learning Disabilities are Diagnosed

Learning Disability diagnosis is far from being an exact diagnostic science. Even the experts in learning disability diagnosis disagree on the best ways to determine if a learning disability is present. Learn about the diagnostic processes used for learning disabilities in public schools, by evaluators in private practice.

Free Multiplication Flash Cards You Can Download and Print

Flash cards can be effective teaching tools. Download these free multiplication flash cards for teaching multiplication skills from one through twelve.

Flash Cards Can Help Teach Multiplication Skills - Multiplication Flash Cards

Flash cards can be effective teaching tools. Download these free multiplication flash cards for teaching multiplication skills from one through twelve.

Free subtraction Flash Cards You Can Download and Print

Flash cards can be effective teaching tools. Download these free subtraction flash cards for teaching subtraction skills from one through twelve.

Flash Cards Can Help You Teach Subtraction Skills - Subtraction Flash Cards

Flash cards can be effective teaching tools. Download these free subtraction flash cards for teaching subtraction skills from one through twelve.

Teach Addition Skills - Addition Flash Cards

Flash cards can be effective teaching tools. Download these free addition flash cards for teaching addition skills from one through twelve.

Free Addition Flash Cards You Can Download and Print

Flash cards can be effective teaching tools. Download these free addition flash cards for teaching addition skills from one through twelve.

Executive Functioning

Children with learning disabilities frequently have difficulty with executive functioning. Learn what executive functioning is, the kinds of problems children with executive functioning disorders experience, and what can be done to help.

Understanding IEP Team Meetings

Individual Education Program Team Meetings - IEP team meetings are an important part of your child's special education program. Learn what to expect during IEP team meetings and how you can actively participate in this important decision making process to strengthen your child's special education program and ensure his needs are met.

Living with Disabled Siblings - Problems among Siblings of Disabled Children

Living with a disabled sibling can be both challenging and rewarding. Siblings of children with disabilities have unique challenges. They deal with all the typical issues of non-disabled siblings and more. Learn more about siblings of children with disabilities and the problems that may arise in specially blended families.

Parent School Relationships - Creating Positive Parent School Relationships

Parent involvement is important to help your learning disabled child be as successful as possible. Building a positive relationship with your child's school supports your child and helps you work more productively with teachers when problems arise. Here are some ideas to get you started.

Intelligence Testing - Unterstanding Intelligence Testing for Children

Learn the basics about intelligence testing, what it is, and how it is used to diagnose learning disabilities and in developing individual education programs for students with learning disabilities.

Least Restrictive Environment - What is the Least Restrictive Environment?

Least Restrictive Educational Environment - Learn about special education placement decisions and the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). Find out what LRE means, how it is determined, and learn about alternatives available to support your learning disabled child's learning.

Stress Management - Develop a Stress Management Plan

Whether you are a parent of a student with a learning disability, developing a stress management plan can be beneficial to your emotional well being and contribute to success in school. Here is a sample stress management plan to get you started. Print out this page to record your plan, or keep it in a notebook or journal for future reference.

Response to Intervention - Help for all Kids with Response to Intervention

Response to Intervention may help your child. Has your child been tested but did not meet the special education eligibility formulas, despite continued problems in school? Learn about Response to Intervention, a new method of determining special education eligibility that may help your child get the specially designed instruction he needs with less delay and without needing to meet rigid assessment score criteria before getting help.

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