Learning Disabilities Site Map

Learning Disabilities Disorders - LD NVLD ADD ADHD
Students with learning disabilities are more likely to drop out of school, but many experts believe it's because they're less likely to get the help they need, and so they get frustrated and quit. We're hoping that the information provided on this site will move parents to act more quickly, as that lost year is significant in the academic life of a learning disabled student.
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/

Symptoms of Learning Disability Disabilities
Though a learning disability may seem like the natural conclusion, the actual cause might be harder to identify. There are several things that can cause symptoms that look deceptively like a learning disability
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/symptoms.html

Diagnosing a Learning Disability
Learning disabilities typically show up as a developmental issue in either verbal/writing skills or mathematical skills, while learning in other areas progress normally
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/diagnosis.html

Types of Learning Disabilities
Types of Learning Disabilities or Learning Disorders
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/disorders.html

Dyslexia - Learning Disorders
Dyslexia is a language-based disability that affects both oral and written language. It may also be referred to as reading disability, reading difference, or reading disorder
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/dyslexia.html

ADD ADHD - Learning Disabilities
A person can be predominantly inattentive (often referred to as ADD), predominantly hyperactive-impulsive (ADHD), or a combination of these two
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/adhd.html

Nonverbal Learning Disability
Nonverbal Learning Disability is a neurological disorder which originates in the right hemisphere of the brain
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/nonverbal.html

Autism, NVLD, Learning Disorders
Autism is a severe developmental disorder that begins at birth or within the first two-and-a-half years of life
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/autism.html

Pervasive developmental disorder - PDD
Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) category of special education services for students with delays or deviance in their social/language/motor and/or cognitive development
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/pdd.html

Causes of Learning Disabilities
It is almost universally accepted that learning disorders are the result of varying types of malfunctions in the way the brain operates. Unfortunately, there is very little information on what actually causes these malfunctions.
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/causes.html

Help for Parents, Treatment for Learning Disabilities
All learning disorders affect the lives of the person who has the problem, and for the people who teach them, care for them and work with them and live with them.
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/treatment.html

Articles about Learning Disabilities and Resources for Parents of Children with LD’s
Articles and Resources for parents of children with learning disabilities
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/resources.html

Special Education Rights
Special Education Rights are for individuals with Disabilities. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the federal law that gives students with disabilities the right to a free, public education
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/rights.html

Creating a Ring of Courage: Help for the Bullied Child
Children with other learning disabilities can also become a target of bullies
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/bullied-children.html

Special Education Evaluation
In 1975, Congress passed a law which stated that every child had the right to receive a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE).
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/special-education-evaluation.html

Special Education Eligibility
Once the evaluation results have been compiled, a meeting will be held to determine if the student is eligible for special education programs
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/special-education-eligibility.html

Developing Educational Plans
When a student's evaluation deems him eligible for special education programs, an Individual Educational Plan (IEP) will be developed
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/developing-educational-plans.html

Anatomy of an Individualized Educational Plan
An IEP is an Individualized Educational Plan that is developed for a student with special education needs
http://www.learningdisabilitiesinfo.com/individualized-educational-plan.html