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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Summer Reading Tips for Parents
Summer shouldn't mean taking a break from learning, especially when it comes to reading. Studies show that most students...
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Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder
What you should know about AD/HD AD/HD is a disorder of brain function. Most cases of AD/HD are genetic, but some...
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Building Resilience in Children with Challenges
An old man and a child went fishing on a river. No sooner had they gotten their lines into the water than they noticed a...
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A Lag in Development or a Learning Disability?
Children develop at their own pace and even with rich and varied opportunities to increase vocabulary and acquire and...
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The Role of RTI in Grade Retention
Having a child repeat a grade is a very serious decision, with huge (and unfortunately, not always positive)...
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How “Response to Intervention” Can Be Used Before Testing for Learning Disabilities
If your child is struggling in school, Response to Intervention (RTI) can generate valuable information before testing...
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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...
Topics: Visual Processing Disorder
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