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Learning Disabilities

Dyslexia












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

Assessment & Screening

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

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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