http://www.ldonline.org/ en-us LD OnLine Administrator hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/The_Best_and_Worst_Learning_Techniques Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:00:08 GMT "In a world as fast-changing and full of information as our own, every one of us — from schoolchildren to college students to working adults — needs to know how to learn well. Yet evidence suggests that most of us don’t use the learning techniques that science has proved most effective. Worse, research finds that learning strategies we do commonly employ, like rereading and highlighting, are among the least effective." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/The_Best_and_Worst_Learning_Techniques http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Welder_with_LD_Proved_Naysayers_Wrong Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:00:26 GMT "Patrick Dufault remembers many people telling him he would never be able to become a welder because of his learning disability. Dufault has primary dyslexia, which causes him to struggle with reading, spelling and writing. But Dufault’s path to the trades came with challenges. He quit school in Grade 10 because he was in a special class but didn’t feel he was learning as much as he should be." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Welder_with_LD_Proved_Naysayers_Wrong http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Charter_School_with_Special_Ed_Focus_to_Teach_Social_Skills_to_All Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:00:32 GMT "A school found the social skills class so successful in its first year that it is expanding enrollment to all students, regardless of whether they have special needs, Gallini said. He said the school will train all classroom teachers to offer the social skills instruction, so students won’t have to leave their classes to get the support. For the most part, all students reap the benefits of having a school set up to serve children with special needs. " http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Charter_School_with_Special_Ed_Focus_to_Teach_Social_Skills_to_All http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Dyslexia_Has_a_Language_Barrier Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:03:32 GMT "Research by US and Chinese scientists challenges our interpretation of how it is possible to be dyslexic in one language but not another. It shows that readers of Chinese use a different part of their brains to readers of English." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Dyslexia_Has_a_Language_Barrier http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/After-School_Programs_May_Boost_Common_Core_Knowledge_ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:00:36 GMT "As the nation moves toward Common Core standards in classrooms, school districts are bracing for a sudden drop in test scores. The Common Core standards, which 46 states and the District of Columbia have adopted, are asking different things of students (and teachers). Eventually, supporters hope, the new standards will create true 21st-century learners who can master not only the facts but the ability to be a critical thinker, innovator, and lifelong learner. In the meantime, however, the big question mark is their immediate and longer term impact, particularly on low-income children or those for whom English is not their first language." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/After-School_Programs_May_Boost_Common_Core_Knowledge_ http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Study_Sheds_Light_on_Auditory_Role_in_Dyslexia Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:00:56 GMT "Many people consider dyslexia simply a reading problem in which children mix up letters and misconstrue written words. But increasingly scientists have come to believe that the reading difficulties of dyslexia are part of a larger puzzle: a problem with how the brain processes speech and puts together words from smaller units of sound." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Study_Sheds_Light_on_Auditory_Role_in_Dyslexia http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/How_Myths_About_LD_Start Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:00:39 GMT NCLD writes:

"How do myths about learning disabilities (LD) start? We saw one possible way this week when Vanity Fair published a headline for its interview with actor Channing Tatum that read 'Channing Tatum Talks Fatherhood, Says He'll Never Medicate His Child for Learning Disabilities.'" ]]> NCLD writes: "How do myths about learning disabilities (LD) start? We saw one possible way this week when Vanity Fair published a headline for its interview with actor Channing Tatum that read 'Channing Tatum Talks Fatherhood, Says He'll Never Medicate His Child for Learning Disabilities.'" http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/How_Myths_About_LD_Start http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Reimagining_Children%92s_Museums_and_the_Future_of_Learning Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:11 GMT "'You can’t flunk at a museum,' says Jane Werner. The executive director of the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh sees museums as labs that can inspire the next generation of artists, scientists, engineers and their teachers." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Reimagining_Children%92s_Museums_and_the_Future_of_Learning http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Resources_to_Prevent_Summer_Slide Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:00:05 GMT "Summer is here! But along with warmer weather, trips to the pool and the Fourth of July, comes a not-so-fun reality... the summer slide. Too often students scowl at the idea of summer learning, but it doesn’t have to be that way. In fact, summer is the perfect time to dive into some fun, engaging learning activities." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Resources_to_Prevent_Summer_Slide http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/LD_Leadership_Training_Calls_for_Sponsors Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:00:22 GMT Eye to Eye is calling for trainee sponsors to help fund this summer's program:

"This is our most transformative annual training, with over 100 chapter leaders coming together to learn leadership skills they'll use at their chapters during the coming academic year—and in life. They'll also hear valuable advice from national leaders with LD / ADHD, including Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado, who shares his inspiring story of dyslexia in this year's welcome address." ]]> Eye to Eye is calling for trainee sponsors to help fund this summer's program: "This is our most transformative annual training, with over 100 chapter leaders coming together to learn leadership skills they'll use at their chapters during the coming academic year—and in life. They'll also hear valuable advice from national leaders with LD / ADHD, including Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado, who shares his inspiring story of dyslexia in this year's welcome address." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/LD_Leadership_Training_Calls_for_Sponsors http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Research_Seeks_Reasons_for_Diagnosis_Rate_Increase Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:00:50 GMT "It's well known that the cause of ADHD is strongly genetic but also linked to brain development, experts said. While previous studies have shown that in-utero exposure to ischemic-hypoxic conditions — complications that deprive the brain of oxygen — often lead to brain injury and developmental problems, Kaiser Permanente's study published in Pediatrics journal shows children who experience prenatal IHCs have a 16 percent greater chance overall of developing ADHD." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/ADHD_Research_Seeks_Reasons_for_Diagnosis_Rate_Increase http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Unlocking_Dyslexia_in_Japanese_/57674 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:00:05 GMT "Researchers have long observed that some dyslexics have an easier time with languages like Japanese and Chinese, in which characters represent complete words or ideas, than they do with languages like English, which use separate letters and sounds to form words." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Unlocking_Dyslexia_in_Japanese_/57674 http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/More_Tests_in_Shifting_Classrooms Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:30:52 GMT "Grouping students by ability level in the classroom is back. 'Ability grouping and its close cousin, tracking, in which children take different classes based on their proficiency levels, fell out of favor in the late 1980s and the 1990s as critics charged that they perpetuated inequality by trapping poor and minority students in low-level groups,' Vivian Yee wrote in The Times’s Education section." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/More_Tests_in_Shifting_Classrooms http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Nearly_1_in_3_with_Autism_May_Have_ADHD_Too Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:00:26 GMT "Almost one-third of children with autism also have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and symptoms appear to be more severe in kids affected by both conditions, new research suggests. The findings come from a long-term study of 162 children who were tracked starting when they were still infants or toddlers. By the time the kids reached ages 4 through 8, researchers found that 63 had autism. Of those with the developmental disorder, parent reports indicated that 18 of the children — or about 29 percent — also had clinically significant symptoms of ADHD." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Nearly_1_in_3_with_Autism_May_Have_ADHD_Too http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Globally%2C_Kids_With_Disabilities_Struggling Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:00:31 GMT "Children with disabilities are among the world’s most marginalized people, often going undocumented from birth and facing rampant discrimination, according to a new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Globally%2C_Kids_With_Disabilities_Struggling http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Iowa_Senator_to_Enhance_Transition_Services_Nationwide Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:00:38 GMT "Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said he is currently working to bring a reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act up for consideration. As part of that process, Harkin said this week that he would like to see vocational rehabilitation agencies take a bigger role in facilitating internships and other real-world experiences for students with disabilities who are in transition." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Iowa_Senator_to_Enhance_Transition_Services_Nationwide http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Four_Tools_to_Avoid_Summer_Learning_Loss Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:00:52 GMT "Combating learning loss over the summer for young readers is a challenge that many teachers face. The amount of time it takes to assign summer reading along with the lack of face time to keep students up to date with their reading and comprehension can make summer reading seem like a less-than-useful task." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Four_Tools_to_Avoid_Summer_Learning_Loss http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/The_Global_Plight_of_Disabled_Children Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:00:53 GMT "A United Nations report, “The State of the World’s Children,” underscores the moral bankruptcy of Senate Republicans who blocked ratification of a treaty to help disabled people around the world. There is scant data on how many children have such disabilities or how their lives are affected. One outdated estimate is that some 93 million children, one in 20 of those 14 or younger, live with a moderate or severe disability of some kind. The issue is how they might be helped to overcome their disabilities and become productive members of their societies." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/The_Global_Plight_of_Disabled_Children http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Machine_Scoring_Fails_the_Test Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:00:30 GMT "Writing is a highly complex ability developed over years of practice, across a wide range of tasks and contexts, and with copious, meaningful feedback. Students must have this kind of sustained experience to meet the demands of higher education, the needs of a 21st-century workforce, the challenges of civic participation, and the realization of full, meaningful lives." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Machine_Scoring_Fails_the_Test http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Tracing_Images_and_Heeding_Voices_to_Learn_the_Basics_of_Reading Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:00:43 GMT "Apps are all about the basic skills of reading. But once a child has mastered “the cat sat on the mat,” it shouldn’t be too long before the youngster will be reading himself to sleep — if a parent is willing to give up that task." http://www.ldonline.org/ldnews/Tracing_Images_and_Heeding_Voices_to_Learn_the_Basics_of_Reading