National Center for Learning Disabilities
About Us
The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) works to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents and adults with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work and life.
NCLD provides essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities, promotes research and programs to foster effective learning and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities.
Other NCLD programs:
Get Ready to Read!, is a national initiative that seeks to build the early literacy skills of preschool-age children by providing parents, educators, health-care professional, and advocates with literacy screening and learning activities as part of early childhood education, child-care, and parenting practices. http://www.getreadytoread.org/
The RTI Action Network is dedicated to the effective implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI) in school districts nationwide so that each child has access to quality instruction and that struggling students – including those with learning disabilities – are identified early and receive the necessary supports to be successful. http://www.rtinetwork.org/
Articles by National Center for Learning Disabilities
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Reading Instruction Checklist
Your school's reading program should include the five essential components of reading instruction that research has...
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Helping Your Child Learn to Read: Preschool to Grade 3
When children become good readers in the early grades, they are more likely to become better learners throughout their...
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Information Processing Disorders
What is Information Processing? Sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch are all ways the body collects information. But...
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Visual Processing Disorders: By Age Group
Basics you should know about visual processing disorders: Visual processing disorders are also known as visual...
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Visual Processing Disorders: In Detail
There are lots of ways the brain processes visual information. Weaknesses in a particular kind of visual processing can...
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Auditory Processing Disorders: By Age Group
What you should know about auditory processing disorders: Auditory processing disorders are often referred to as...
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Auditory Processing Disorders: In Detail
There are several different ways the brain processes auditory information. If there is a weakness in a particular kind...
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Dysgraphia: A Quick Look
What you should know about dysgraphia: Dysgraphia is a learning disability that affects written expression. It makes...
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Dyspraxia: A Quick Look
What you should know about dyspraxia: The term dyspraxia refers to a specific type of disorder in the area of motor...
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What Can I Do If I Suspect My Child Has a Learning Disability?
With early recognition and targeted intervention, children with learning disabilities can be helped so that they can...
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