Strategies to Help Students Write Well
When children with learning disabilities struggle with writing, they need guidance from their teachers and parents. Read Writing Strategies to Help Students: Guides for Teachers, Tutors, and Parents. Find out the reasons for their trouble and learn some tried-and-true techniques that really work to improve writing.
Go to Writing & Spelling and Teaching Writing for more information.
Reading and the Brain
LD OnLine offers these videos to show you how the brain works when a person is reading. Sit with scientists and watch as they study children — and start to unlock the mysteries of how the brain processes sounds and letters
Finding a Voice
Read Finding a Voice, the story of Eric McGehearty, a nationally known artist whose sculptures and pictures show what it's like to have dyslexia and reading challenges.
Are You Worried About Your Pre-Schooler's Language Development?
The American-Speech Language-Hearing Association provides a chart, which tells you the average age that children accomplish each listed skill.
Want to Add Arts Activities to Your Class?
Learn about resources that will help you add the arts to your classroom activities. Integrating the Arts with Technology: Inspiring Creativity will give you resources and explain how the arts can help children with disabilities achieve more.
Go to Our Glossary
If you ever feel lost in alphabet soup, visit our glossary to look up unfamiliar words.
Questions & Answers
Find information for both parents and educators based on real questions from real parents and educators on topics such as ADHD, IEPs, testing, and more. You'll find answers on almost every topic that can help a child with learning disabilities.
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