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Disabled Learn to Swim Photos by Sarah Patient Expert

People's HealthBlogger Awards 2009 - Best 100 Winner!

Posted Tue 10 Feb 2009 12:32pm Violet being very cooperative considering she hates going under the water! Read on »

Landmark College,specifically serving students with learning disabilities and AD/HD by Ron Graham Patient Expert

Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 11:29am bills itself as, “The premier college for students with learning disabilities and AD/HD.” According to the college’s “About” page: “While many colleges offer special programs... hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), or other specific learning disabilities. “ “Why does Landmark's approach succeed? Because we take a different path. We teach the skills and strategies Read on »

Using Color to Help Students with Learning Disabilities by Shane H. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:27pm Lisa Harp, a teacher and educational therapist, has written an article entitled The Use of Color to Treat Learning Problems . In it, she details how she uses color the help her "right-brained students" succeed. Many of these students have ADHD and/or learning disabilities. She explains further by saying: "...a right-brained child Read on »

There's An App for That Series: Apps for Students with Learning Disabilities by Lon Thornburg Patient Expert

Posted Tue 15 Feb 2011 12:00am I have been digging into apps for TBI and for our assistive technology equipment center. We have 3 iTouches and 1 iPad to check out for trials. I came across a terrific seriesThere's an App for That - has 5 parts, here is a link to Part One on Organizational Skills for Students with Learning Disabilities . Check out this and the other 4 articles Read on »

University of Arizona to loan laptops to students with learning disabilities by Ron Graham Patient Expert

Posted Thu 11 Sep 2008 8:02pm The University of Arizona, with the assistance of a donation of more than $25,000 from Gateway, is launching a novel program to loan laptop computers to students with learning disabilities. The group of incoming freshmen have been identified by their academic need and predicted academic difficulty. As long as the students maintain a grade Read on »

U.S. Department of Education Official to Participate in Panel Discussion on Educating Students with Disabilities at Disability by US Deptartment of Education Posted Fri 11 Feb 2011 10:14am the panel, Musgrove will discuss the Department’s perspectives and priorities on how to improve the education of students with disabilities. The Disability Policy Seminar is hosted... of the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education What : Panel Discussion on Educating Students with Disabilities When Read on »

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 . These problems can make it difficult for a student to learn as quickly as someone who isn't affected by learning disabilities. There are many kinds of learning disabilities. Most students... someone's mind to wander too much. Other learning disabilities can make it difficult for a student to read, write, spell, or solve math problems. The way our brains process Read on »

Learning Disabilities in South Carolina by Shane H. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:28pm the disability category of learning disability. The next highest disability category is speech/language, serving 21,193 students. My nine year old son falls into the LD category... Today I received my winter edition of the Pro Parents newsletter. There were some interesting statistics in it regarding learning disabilities in S.C. Read on »

California’s Specific Learning Disabilities Counter Epidemic by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted Sat 19 Feb 2011 11:23am . What has caused the decrease in Specific Learning Disabilities (a decrease that more than offsets the increase in autism)? 2. If the special education totals remain unchanged... been a tripling of the number of students who wear a special education label of “autism” in California. Needless to say, some probably see this as confirmation of an “autism Read on »