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All About Learning Disabilities and ADHD

LD OnLine knows that there are many different ways to learn, and having the right tools at school and at home can change everything. Explore our resources and help every child reach their full potential.

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Self-Esteem & Stress Management

Coaching Kids With LD and ADHD in Sports

Coaching kids with LD and ADHD in sports involves challenges and rewards for parents and coaches alike.

Reading & Dyslexia

Vocabulary Assessment and Instruction

Oral vocabulary, or knowledge of word meanings, plays a key role in reading comprehension. If children are unfamiliar with the meanings of words in a text, their comprehension will suffer, even if they can decode the words.

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Writing & Spelling

Language-Based Learning Disability: What to Know

Language-based learning disabilities (LBLD) encompass a spectrum of cognitive and behavioral differences in processing, comprehending, and using language.

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Teaching & Instruction

Visualizing and Verbalizing: Q and A with Nanci Bell of Lindamood-Bell

Learn some best practices in helping children with language processing issues learn to read in this Q&A with expert Nanci Bell, director of Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes.

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Reading & Dyslexia

Preventing and Remediating Difficulties with Reading Fluency

In this article, you’ll find out the three main reasons why fluency is important. Learn how to recognize early difficulties, identify patterns, and remediate.

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A Physician’s Story

Jacqueline Earle-Cruickshanks

In our first instructional session, the doctor shared her frustrations with me. She often became confused finding her way out of a parking garage, she was not able to assemble complex puzzles, and found reading a map to be extremely challenging…

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All About Learning Disabilities and ADHD

Coaching Kids With LD and ADHD in Sports

Vocabulary Assessment and Instruction

News Headlines

Everyone Uses This Coping Strategy. When Does It Become a Problem? (opens in a new window)

How dyslexia helped chart Olympic course for Canadian biathlete Jasper Fleming (opens in a new window)

South Africa needs to rethink how it measures intellectual and developmental disabilities – what’s lacking (opens in a new window)

Bonuses Aren’t Solving Hawaiʻi’s Special Education Teacher Shortage (opens in a new window)

Language-Based Learning Disability: What to Know

Visualizing and Verbalizing: Q and A with Nanci Bell of Lindamood-Bell

Preventing and Remediating Difficulties with Reading Fluency

Boat in the Ocean

A Physician’s Story

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