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Learning About Learning Disabilities: The Coping Series by Jeanne Gehret, M.A. (Book Review) by Susan H. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 29 Jul 2009 10:10pm these are concerns that many parents have at the start of the school year. School can be especially anxiety-ridden when a child has been diagnosed with a learning disability, such as ADHD or dyslexia. According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, nearly 2.9 million school-aged children in the United States have learning disabilities. For these children Read on »

Learning Disabilities Explained by AWeidman Posted Wed 20 May 2009 12:00am future. Would he be able to go to college and study engineering as he'd hoped? What Are Learning Disabilities? For someone diagnosed with a learning disability, it can seem scary at first. But a learning disability doesn't have anything to do with a person's intelligence - after all, such successful people as Walt Disney, Alexander Graham Bell Read on »

Learning Disability & Hodges' model by h2cm Posted Mon 23 Nov 2009 10:01pm or political domains. What do you think? More than this though what future content types might support the care, welfare and well-being of people with a learning disability? If you have... and qualification is known as RNLD, that is - Registered Nurse for Learning Disability. What has not changed is the foresightedness and need for a political care domain within the model Read on »

Using Brain Plasticity to help Children with Learning Disabilities by Alvaro F. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Wed 08 Dec 2010 7:17am Brain School: Stories of children with learning disabilities and attention disorders who changed their lives by improving their cognitive functioning (November 2010; $22), a new book from Eaton Arrowsmith School’s (EAS) founder and director, Howard Eaton. It tells the story of how children with learning disabilities (dyslexia, ADHD, etc.) can overcome Read on »

The Trials of Learning Disabilities [Teen Article] by Vanessa Van Petten Patient Expert

Posted Tue 06 Oct 2009 10:00pm lived with a learning disorder, but not in the way you might think. My brother is dyslexic and has ADHD. Both of these disorders have impacted the way he learns and the way our household functions. It is often times hard to discipline children or young adults with these problems. There are many disciplinary styles but children with learning disorders Read on »

The Life Experience that Uniquely Qualifies Me to Speak about Learning Disabilities. by Eric W. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 25 Aug 2008 2:46pm are defined as learning-disabled, dyslexic, or learning-challenged and empower them to identify their passions and dreams, to get the students to laugh at themselves and see the light... remained elusive. I wanted so badly to be able to read, but the connection between the action and the ability did not come. I can not remember when I first learned to read Read on »

Autism Speaks Role in Exploring the Environmental Causes of Autism and Other Learning Disabilities by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 12 Dec 2010 9:28am Children's Environmental Health Center's workshop " Exploring the Environmental Causes of Autism and Other Learning Disabilities ". , In Feeling exposed? Insights from a new... the Environmental Causes of Autism and Learning Disabilities” a conference organized by the Children’s Center for Environmental Health at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City Read on »

Learning Disability Videos from LD Online by Tracy Ochester Doctor of Psychology

Posted Wed 06 May 2009 1:23pm Read on »

5 Specific Types of Learning Disabilities by Shelley Dannenberg Patient Expert

Posted Mon 05 Oct 2009 10:02pm Did you know that there are 5 specific learning disabilities? Some overlap, and children can experience learning problems in more than one area. Read about the 5 specific types of learning disabilities here. Read on »

5 Specific Types of Learning Disabilities by Shelley Dannenberg Patient Expert

Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:03pm Did you know that there are 5 specific learning disabilities? Some overlap, and children can experience learning problems in more than one area. Read about the 5 specific types of learning disabilities here. Read on »