A Chance to Read
New PBS Show on Giving Everyone a Chance to Read
Hosted by Molly Ringwald, A Chance to Read shows children with different disabilities who are learning to read — children who were once never given a chance. Go to the front lines of the schools and watch teachers and researchers work with these children. LD OnLine offers two excerpts from the show, part of the Reading Rockets Launching Young Readers series, that cover the life span of reading challenges — from childhood to adulthood.
Visit Dr. Higgins' class where he teaches children who are "twice exceptional" — gifted and LD. He addresses their reading difficulties while at the same time pushing the kids to produce sophisticated projects that tap their potential.
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Meet Chris Lee, Ph.D., who shows how technology helps him and his students to read and write by using computer software to say the words aloud.
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Are Learning Disabilities the Only Problem?
About half of all people with learning disabilities have other related disorders as well. Dr. Larry Silver, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, clears up the confusion when there is more than one neurologically—based disorder present. Learn about the signs and symptoms of these other difficulties.
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Leaders With Learning Disabilities Eligible to Win $10,000
The American Association for People with Disabilities is accepting applications from emerging leaders with disabilities for the Paul G. Hearne/AAPDLeadership Award, which will give the two winning candidates $10,000 each to continue their progress as leaders. They will also have the opportunity to network with other disability leaders at the AAPD Leadership Gala in Washington, D.C. in March 2008.
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Adolescent Literacy Website Coming in October
A sister website to LD OnLine, AdLit.org will be the premier resource for people who want to help children in grades 4-12 become better readers and writers. Be one of the first to receive the AdLit.org newsletter. Sign up here and check back in October to see the new site! read more >>
A Must-Have Resource from LearningStore:
This book is a great new resource which gathers all of the information on ADD/ADHD and organizes it for you in a succinct, useful format. First, get a quick overview of the myths and realities of ADD/ADHD. Each reality is then addressed in subsequent chapters including: definitions of ADD/ADHD; characteristics and diagnosis; neurology of learning within ADD/ADHD; medical, behavioral, and educational intervention; and the team approach. You'll also get a great reference list of resources, websites, and support groups. |
Featured Articles
For All of Our Readers
- Be an Empowered Consumer: Let Your Voice Be Heard
Do you ever get frustrated with the way that assistive technology is supposed to assist people with learning disabilities — but sometimes it doesn't really help? Have you ever had the desire to tell those manufacturers exactly what you think? Then this article will tell you what to do to help influence product development. Help improve products that serve people with learning disabilities.
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For Parents
- Why Home School a Dyslexic Child?
Read about the challenges and benefits of home schooling your child. This fact sheet, developed by the International Dyslexia Association, gives you guidance. Should you home school? And if so, how? Home schooling can help children who need direct, systematic, and individualized instruction.
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For Teachers
- From the Mouth of Babes
Rick Lavoie, in an LD OnLine Exclusive — From the Mouths of Babes: What Kids Tell Us About Friendships gives you a "student's eye view" on what you can do to help your students with disabilities build and sustain social relationships with other kids in their classrooms.
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For Adults With Learning Disabilities
- Assistive Technology at Work
Assistive technology (AT) can help you at work just as it did when you were in school. Learn who is responsible for providing AT, how to obtain reasonable accommodation, and resources to find the right technology for a particular task.
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In the news
- Overcoming Dyslexia: Timing of 'Connections' In Brain Is Key
- How Ben Deals: A 13-Year-Old with ADHD Uses Organizational Skills to His Advantage
- The New Term: Executive Dysfunction
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New in our Yellow Pages
Professionals
- Carol M. Burton, MA, and Associates
- EBL Coaching
- Gary M. Eisenberg, Ph.D.
- Gundersen Lutheran Health System
- The Reading and Language Center
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