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Use links below to navigate to FAQ categories: Categories: Learning Disability FAQ | Dyslexia FAQ | ADHD FAQ | Assistive Technology FAQ | Your Learning Disability Rights FAQ | How To Get Involved 1. Learning Disability FAQ Q: What is a learning disability? A learning disability dyslexia is a neurological disorder that affects information processing.…
LD Resources Foundation ACTION have created this free checklist, available for download, to assist you in determining whether your student or child may have a learning disability. If you are looking for information on learning and attention issues like dyslexia or dysgraphia please click on the below link. https://www.ldrfa.org/learning-disability-adhd-facts/ We are aware that most students…
For Students with a learning disability, dyslexia and ADHD issues mentoring is a proven approach to help students achieve their academic goals. A mentor can help students choose an academic program to achieve their career planning, and improve their job placement rates after their graduation. A mentor help develop skills to self -advocate, allows the student…
Thank you for visiting LDRFA Resource Page. This is a growing list of links and online resources for people with learning disabilities. Government Resources NYC Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities Resources – The directory of government and non-profit organizations specializing in helping people with learning disabilities. Education Resources Kurzweil Education: Learning without boundaries, without…
by Elizabeth Schiff, private tutor. Many students with learning differences have more than one learning disability, and students with multiple LD’s are common. As a tutor, I am often called in to work with a child on reading, only to end up tutoring them in writing and math (and even science, history and languages) as…
by Zahavit Paz Dr. Rosa A. Hagin was an educational psychologist who worked as a research professor of psychology at New York University School of Medicine. Her area of expertise was in the neuropsychological core of reading. She also taught at Trenton State College and Fordham University. She did research and taught educators about effective…
Learning Disability Summer Camps For many children with learning disabilities, camp can be a stressful, high anxiety environment. Choosing the right camp for your child is a decision that can make or break your child’s summer experience. Camp should be the nurturing place where children enjoy the outdoors, form new friendships, take risks, and experience…
“Compared to the general practice of education, special education is instruction that is more urgent, more intensive, more relentless, more precisely delivered, more highly structured and direct, and more carefully monitored for procedural fidelity and effects.” (Kauffman, J. M. (1996). The challenge of nihilismTeacher Education and Special Education, 19, 205-206) In general, effective education for…
Are you concerned about your child? Have you noticed some signs that are making you wonder about your child reaching developmental milestones? Do you have an undiagnosed learning disability? Although learning disorders occur in very young children, they are usually not recognized until the child reaches school age. Signs of A Learning Disability Here is…
The transformative impact of AI in the lives of neurodivergent individuals cannot be overstated. Learn how it’s helping people with Learning disabilities.