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Building Self-Esteem with LD Children
Positive self-esteem is as important to success in school and on the job as the mastery of individual skills. And ...
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Helping Children with LD Find Social Success
"The primary need of all human beings is to be liked and accepted by other human beings," says Richard ...
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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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What are Learning Disabilities?
Learning disabilities (LDs) are real. They affect the brain's ability to receive, process, store, respond to, and ...
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Learning Disabilities Checklist
Most people have problems with learning and behavior from time to time. During the school years, parents and educators ...
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Who are the Children in Special Education?
IntroductionSince the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) nearly 30 years ago, ...
Source: National Dissemination Center for Children With Disabilities
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NICHCY Connections...to Learning and the Brain
Research on the human brain has brought an explosion of excitement and promise to our understanding of ourselves---how ...
Source: National Dissemination Center for Children With Disabilities
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Understanding Research Related to Children with Disabilities
So you want to use research findings when you make decisions affecting children with disabilities---what's the best ...
Source: National Dissemination Center for Children With Disabilities
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What Transition Programs and Services are Available?
Results from outcome studies of adults with learning disabilities as well as adults with other types of disabilities ...
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Back to School for the Child with Learning Disabilities
The transition from summer to school can be particularly difficult for students with learning disabilities. Here are ...
Source: Education.com
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Different Types of Resource Rooms
Categorical Resource RoomsThese serve only students who have one particular disability. A resource room for students ...
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Learning Disabilities
Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, defines learning disabilities (LD) as a ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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NINDS Dysgraphia Information Page
What is Dysgraphia?Dysgraphia is a neurological disorder characterized by writing disabilities. Specifically, the ...
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Five Homework Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities
Homework is one aspect of the general education curriculum that has been widely recognized as important to academic ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Developmental Delays: When You Sense Something Wrong
As reluctant as your child's teacher may be to admit it, there are a few milestones teachers see as possible indicators...
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NICHCY Connections...to Information in Spanish on Disability Conditions
AD/HD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) Two publications on Desorden Deficitario de la Atención from...
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Self-Determination for Students with Disabilities
Think how you would react if other people constantly controlled your life, deciding what you should wear, where you...
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Controversial Therapies in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities
Being the parent or teacher of a student with learning disabilities is not easy. Students with learning and behavioral...
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Parenting a Child with Special Needs
When parents learn that their child has a disability or a chronic illness, they begin a journey that takes them into a...
