Learning disabilities occur in many forms. They may include difficulties in the areas of visual, auditory, motor control, communication, and processing. The federal government defined learning disabilities in Public Law 94-142, named "The Education of All Handicapped Children Act." According to ... more >>

Learning disability, commonly referred to as LD, is a term that describes a disorder in which a person’s ability to evaluated and process what they see or hear is affected. Those people who are affected by learning disabilities could have development and achievement problems over their lifetime. ... more >>

Editor: The word "accommodations" in the title should be spelled accommodations. My fault. Often, children who have physical disabilities and learning disabilities can succeed in a less restrictive environment if provided with the appropriate modifications and accommodations. A modification is a ... more >>

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depression, is a disorder of the brain marked by extreme mood swings, rise or fall in activity levels, and erratic behavioral changes. Most children with this disorder will go from a nearly euphoric high mood (manic) to a deeply depressed pessimistic and ... more >>

The National Institute of Health of the United States has stated that fifteen percent of the American population has some form of learning disability. Looking at this another way, for every class of approximately twenty students, three of the children are learning disabled. The recognition of ... more >>

Does your child overreact to loud noises, avoid certain textures, appear overly uncoordinated, or simply seem to lack self-control? If so, he or she may be experiencing some kind of sensory disorder. Of course, all children usually undergo a variety of sensory issues while exploring and ... more >>

Learning disabilities are disorders of the central nervous system that affect basic learning functions. Learning disabilities interfere with a person's ability to collect information, sort it, and store it. Because of the process break-down in perceiving and storing information, retrieval is ... more >>

If you have a child with learning disabilities you may have heard some worrisome statistics about how badly they may do in school, how low self-esteem may be, how their bad decisions may make trouble keeping close friends and good jobs, etc. The bad news is that the statistics are ... more >>

Have you wondered if your child has a learning disability? You have noticed signs that don't seem appropriate for the age of your child. Some of these signs are social in nature, others are academic and some are physical. In this article you will find some early warnings of learning ... more >>

One of the most disheartening things for a parent to learn is that their son or daughter has been diagnosed with a learning disability. Some parents faced with confronting this issue are wracked with guilt and grief, uncertain about the future prospects their child faces as he or she struggles ... more >>

If you believe that all schools are not created equal, you are not alone. That is why there is currently a great public outcry for school reform throughout the country. Many parents want to be able to prepare their children for adulthood by providing them with the best possible education. ... more >>

Sammy and Cole raced down the hall laughing and signing their victory in kick ball. Robby signed as he spoke, "Good game!" Books were grabbed rapidly from lockers and all three boys rushed through the door of their classroom, slamming books down on desks and searching for paper and pen. Mrs. Foley ... more >>

When your disabled child has special educational needs, he or she will more than likely receive these services through the public school system. After a child is evaluated and deemed eligible for special education, an Individualized Educational Plan will be prepared to suit the child’s ... more >>

Most will agree that our public schools are in desperate need of help and our children are paying the price. However, supporters and opponents of the school voucher initiative disagree as to how to solve the problems plaguing our schools and stifling the education of our nation’s children. ... more >>

What is an IEP? An IEP is an individualized education plan. Setting up an IEP for your learning disabled child is done in cooperation with your local school and teachers, unless you are a parent who homeschools your child. In order to do this; your child must have some sort of learning disability. ... more >>

Each year there are almost 130,000 babies born in the United States with some degree of mental retardation. About 3% of the population are intellectually impaired.The definitions of mental retardation are many. Most of them are correct definition because they cover some parts of the conditions. ... more >>

It is evident that children with some disabilities can be taught along side their peers who are not disabled and benefit greatly from the situation. However, there are some children who require special strategies to be employed, and the other areas beyond the traditional curriculum to be covered ... more >>

A person is said to have a learning disability when they have a discrepancy between their mental age as measured by an IQ test and their ability to read, write, or do math. As many as 15% of children in American schools are thought to have learning disabilities. Research indicates that learning ... more >>

It seems that every time we pick up a newspaper, we are reading about new cuts in school funding, larger class sizes or other education related problems. As a society, we need to do what we can to influence our local governments to fund our schools properly, or find an alternative, but what do we ... more >>

Statistically it has been shown that when a parent decides to home school their child that has learning disabilities; the child’s learning ability is excelled more then in a school setting. This is said to be accredited to the one on one learning technique and the ability for the child to move ... more >>

Having a child with a learning disability (LD) is even more challenging than raising a child without one, and certainly more frustrating: you know that your child is bright, but certain areas of learning (reading, spelling, math, for example) simply elude him. And your job as a parent is to help ... more >>

Dyslexia is a very broad diagnosis, and children can display all sorts of uncommon reading behaviors because of it. Reading does not come naturally to children with dyslexia. They have difficulty making syllables into words, and words into coherent sentences. Keep in mind that some of these ... more >>

As a mother I have several children with learning disabilities ranging from emotional to ADHD. I found through research, networking and taken early child hood classes that there are many things you can do to help a child that has learning disabilities learn to read. The first thing you need to ... more >>

Dyslexia or specific learning difficulties are widely recognised among educationalists and parents but are still not fully understood. It seems likely though, that it is an organisational problem that is linked to the way that some individuals perceive and process the sounds of language and their ... more >>

Dyslexia is one of the most widely known, but greatly misunderstood, disabilities in children. While most people understand that Dyslexia is a form of reading disability that makes fluent reading a difficult task for a small percentage of individuals, many people still believe that it is a ... more >>