Learning Disabilities

Dyslexia

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Dyscalculia

Dyspraxia

Dysgraphia: Makes actual writing difficult, as there i s a complex need/lack of fine motor and information processing skills. It often leads to problems with spelling, poor handwriting, and getting/organizing his or her"thoughts onto paper. Is often a result from:

• Visual-spatial difficulties -- issues in how the eye sees the data
• Language processing difficulty -- issues in how the ear processes the auditory prompts

Executive Functioning

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Assessment & Screening

Children's Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Scale (C-NLD)

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Articles

First Steps -- for parents with LD children
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Resources

Quick links  to learning disabilities (NCLD, 2013)

• Dyslexia
• Dyscalculia
• Dysgraphia
• Dyspraxia
• Executive Functioning

Organizations:

• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• Understood.org (parent reference site from Nat'l Ctr for LD)
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• LD Online
• Misunderstood Minds
• Learning Disabilities Worldwide
• International Dyslexia Association 

• Book: Guide to Learning Disabilities for Primary Care: How to Screen, Identify, Manager and Advocate for Children with Learning Disabilities (Silver & Silver, 2011). American Academy of Pediatrics.  
• University of Michigan's "Learning Disabilities" review page
• LDOnline's LD basics
• LDNavigator​

Promoting Reading Development

• Choosing Books for Babies and Preschoolers
• Developmental Milestones of Early Literacy(Reach Out and Read)
• Acontecimientos Del Desarollo de la Alfabetizacion Temprana(Reach Out and Read)
• Recommended Books for Children(Reach Out and Read)
• Reading, Grades 1 - 6(Bright Futures)

Advocates

• IDEA Parent Guide (A good place to start!)
• CASE (Community Alliance for Special Education)
• Wrightslaw

Specific School Issues

• Grade Retention
• Retención y promócion de grado
• Central Auditory Processing Disorder(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
• Transition to Middle School or Junior High

Teaching Resources 

• Learning Games and More (Sparktop.org)
• Reading Rockets
• Reviews of Reading Programs
• Typing Games (Learning Games for Kids.com)
• Teaching Materials (Lakeshore Learning)
• Writing Software (Don Johnston)
• Additional Resources (Wrightslaw Yellow Pages for Kids)

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