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Target Learning Disabilities With Same Force as Cancer - I know
you can intervene at any age with a problem. I'm 67, and my doctors
didn't say, "Well, she's too old to help." When I found out I had
cancer, I said, "What can we do about it now to get rid of it?" I
didn't wait a few years and hope that it would get better. Everything
else was put on hold and we aggressively attacked the problem. It's
just as important to catch a learning disability early and fix it.
Understanding Learning Disabilities - This article provides an
overview of learning disabilities, the IDEA definition of learning
disabilities, information on useful classroom interventions for
students with learning disabilities, and information on how districts
can put research findings on effectively teaching students with
learning disabilities into practice.
Navigating Special Education - This is a transcript from the
October 26, 2005 LD Talk online discussion with Alan Brue, Ph.D. and
Linda Wilmshurst, Ph.D., authors of A Parent’s Guide to Special
Education. Brue and Wilmshurst answered questions from parents and
others across the country.
Promoting Life Success for Students with Learning Disabilities -
This is a transcript from the September 28, 2005 LD Talk online
discussion with Roberta Goldberg, Ph.D. and Eleanor Higgins, Ph.D.,
researchers at the Frostig Center in Pasadena, CA. Goldberg and
Higgins answered questions from parents and others across the country.
An Interview with Harry Sylvester: About Learning Disabilities -
Harry Sylvester is Past President of LDA (Learning Disabilities
Association of America), has established several adult support groups,
mentored adolescents, and was one of the founders and Board President
of a rural health center in Maine.
Fewer
Students Classified as Learning Disabled in Wisconsin - The
number of Wisconsin children diagnosed with learning disabilities has
shrunk over the past four years, a trend that can be attributed to
numerous factors, including efforts to change the way schools classify
students. Still, the number of students classified as needing
special-education services has gone up, mirroring a nationwide trend.
U.S.
Imaging Study Reveals Brain Function of Poor Readers Can Improve
- A brain imaging study has shown that, after they overcome their
reading disability, the brains of formerly poor readers begin to function like
the brains of good readers, showing increased activity in a part of the brain
that recognizes words. The study appears in the May 1 "Biological Psychiatry"
and was funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
It's a Family
Affair - Lissa Weinstein, Ph.D., is
an assistant professor in the doctoral program in clinical psychology
at City College and The Graduate School of The City University of New
York, as well as an associate director at the Pacella Parent Infant
Center. She has worked as a clinical psychologist for more than 20
years and authored numerous articles about developmental psychology.
Her book, Reading David, chronicles her experiences caring for her
dyslexic son, incorporating both her own voice and that of her son,
David.
MI
Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc. Joins the National Center
for Learning
Disabilities to Recognize School for Outstanding
Support for Students with Learning
Disabilities - Muskegon High
School has adopted a Comprehensive School Reform model in
which supplemental courses are used in place of remedial
classes for students struggling with math and reading, has
provided training to all English teachers on Student Team
Literature, a program developed at John Hopkins University
that addresses the needs of at-risk students, and has provided
training to both special education and core content general
education teachers on the Strategic Instruction Model,
implementing the approach school-wide within both the special
and general ed curricula."
A Tale of Two Children:
From School-age Struggles to Adult Success - Over seventeen
years ago, just a week and a half into kindergarten, my bright, sweet
five-year-old daughter Dria told me she had “failed seven times, once
each day” for failing to follow her teacher’s directions. By first
grade, she had fallen into the lowest reading group and was
misbehaving in class, to the extent that her teacher had begun sending
home a daily report card stating, “I was good today,” “I was bad
today,” or “I was fair today,” which I had to sign each night and
return.
Life Success for Children with Learning Disabilities:
A Parent Guide - Drawing on more than 20 years of
groundbreaking research tracing the lives of children and adults with
learning disabilities (LD), researchers at the Frostig Center in
Pasadena, California have identified key factors that contribute to
success.
Scientists
Discover New Gene Essential for the
Development of Normal Brain Connections Resulting From
Sensory Input - Biologists at
the University of California, San Diego and the Johns Hopkins
University have discovered a gene that plays a key role in
initiating changes in the brain in response to sensory
experience, a finding that may provide insight into
certain types of learning disorders.
Trying to
Figure Out Why Math Is So Hard for Some
- Theories Abound: Genetics, Gender, How It's Taught;
Three little words -- "math is hard" -- uttered a decade ago by
Teen Talk Barbie drew enough protests of sexism that its maker, Mattel
Inc., pulled the doll from stores. But researchers today say Barbie
wasn't all wrong: Math is hard for many -- male and female, children
and adults. And while a "math gene" has not been discovered, experts
say that early school-age boys and girls tend to approach the subject
differently, influenced by biological, environmental and educational
factors.
Talking About Learning Disabilities - The National Center
for Learning Disabilities has developed a LD Advocates Guide to
explain how best to engage policymakers and the media on issues
affecting the LD community. The Guide also provides a primer on
key issues affecting the fields of learning disabilities and
special education.
Pete Wright:
Championing Children
for Whom Reading and Learning Are Difficult - How old are you?
Ninety-nine percent of us answer this question reflexively, without
having to think. A reporter who put this question to Peter W. D.
Wright several years ago was stunned when Mr. Wright, an education
lawyer, resorted to a calculator before answering.
Spinning in My Head -
Henry Sherwin, a middle school student from New York, describes in a
candid and engaging way how it feels to live with learning
disabilities, offering valuable insights and practical tips for
daily survival.
Ford Family Fighters - Anne Ford's devotion, not her
money and prominence, made the difference for her learning
disabled daughter.
Ask Rick La
Voie:
Questions and Answers for Parents -
Question: Whoever wrote
the song, "Summertime and the living is easy" never had a learning disabled
child! I have a son and a daughter with ADHD/LD and summers are often a
disaster. Can you help?
G. Reid Lyon's Views on
Rethinking Learning Disabilities:
Recommendations for Reading -
In this article
we are going to explore Dr. Lyon’s perspectives on prevention and
intervention in the field of reading. Reading development has been and
continues to be one area of current practice that Dr. Lyon has criticized most
vociferously.
Chasing
and Catching Slow Learners in Changing Times - Slow learners make up 14% of the general population yet often do not qualify for
special education or other services. The No Child Left Behind Act and amendments
to IDEA may change that.
G.
Reid Lyon’s Views on Rethinking Learning Disabilities: An Introduction
- In the past few years, policymakers, consumers
and stakeholders have begun to criticize special ed sharply.
Kids and Competition: Can They Live Without it?
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We teach children to measure their performance and their worth by
comparing it to the performance of others. The effect of this practice
becomes clear as the child enters middle and high school. Many parents
report that their children appear highly stressed and suffer from
"free-floating anxiety," which may be created by this undue emphasis
upon competition.
Selecting
A College for Students with Learning Disabilities (LD) or Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Students
with learning disabilities (LD) or attention deficit hyper-activity disorder
(ADHD) approach the transition from high school to college with an array of
learning strengths and needs.
Intellectual Accessibility
in the Library
- Public Libraries are a
unique governmental entity. A person does not have
to live under the federal poverty
line to be eligible for a library card.
There is no medical exam, no asset
limit test, not even an interview with a
social worker for access to all the
things a library contains.
Identifying Learning Differences in Adopted Children -
When you made the choice to adopt a child, you took a leap of faith at
least one bound beyond that taken by other parents. And, if your child
is challenged by learning or attention problems, your parenting path
may now seem strewn with “speed bumps” caused by these overlapping
issues.
Researchers support early intervention for all children with
reading difficulties
Pain,
Waste, and Hope for a Better Future -
"Invisible
Disabilities" in the Educational System by Margi Nowak, Ph.D.
Dr. Feldman, when teenagers
become resistant and won’t listen to their parents, where can
they turn for help? - click
here for the answer.
A
Hurdle Too High -
I am not your average kid with a learning
disability. I am a unique kid with a different style of learning. I
did not choose to have this learning disability. It chose me. Because
I am stuck with this, I am not going to let this problem get in the
way of my success.
LD and Your Child:
An Age-by-Age
Guide
Paying for a
Disability Diagnosis to Gain Time on College Boards
An
Encouraging Story: A
Learning Disability Doesn't Mean A Student Can't Excel
Learning
Disabilities: Notes from
Secondary Teachers
Eye
Problems Sometimes Mistaken For Learning Disabilities
- Kids' Vision Problems Often Go Unnoticed.
MI Technology
helps boost writing skills - Computer
programs increase test scores, student interest.
Read the article "Children's
Reading Disability Attributed to Brain Impairment"
Voice
of Experience: Learn why teacher Janice Robertson looks forward to
integrating special-needs students into her classroom lessons. [source]
MI
Some schools to get funds to boost kids' reading skills -
Some Oakland County schools may be able to win as
much as $400,000 to teach children to read.
IA
Report: Iowa excels in special education
- A national
education commission has recommended that the other 49 states follow
Iowa's lead and stop using IQ tests to screen students for learning
disabilities.
CA
Teens Get a Second Chance at Literacy
-
L.A. Unified begins a back-to-basics reading
program for secondary students. The effort is being watched by districts
nationwide.
Richardson schools to
switch reading programs - Focus
moves from one-on-one tutoring to teaching
small groups.
Support for
Reading Recovery: Letters
to the Editor of Education Week
Children’s Reading Disability
Attributed To Brain Impairment
Read "Researchers
support early intervention for all children with reading difficulties"
- National experts in the field of reading and
literacy have found research evidence that challenges federal policy
for making children eligible to receive some special education
services.
Read "The
Pathways of Math’s Ways" by Dr. Mel
Levine - Students face a hefty challenge
as they struggle to climb through the pathways leading to an academic
summit called success in mathematics. Once they get there, the view is
great. En route there are seemingly endless obstacles. The pitfalls
are especially troubling for students who have differences in learning
that impede their ability to think with numbers. Let’s look at some of
the challenges and the ways they might not be met. We can divide these
into: knowing what you’re doing; remembering what to do and what
you’re doing, and becoming a good problem solver. {source}
Read the article "Testing
For Aptitude, Not For Speed"
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