The PBS documentary Misunderstood Minds shines a spotlight on learning differences and disabilities. Produced and directed by renowned Frontline filmmaker Michael Kirk, this 90-minute special shows the children’s problems in a new light, and serves as a platform to open a nationwide dialogue on how best to manage young, vulnerable, and misunderstood minds.
Mobility International USA (MIUSA) is an internationally recognized non-profit with a mission to empower people with disabilities around the world to achieve their human rights through international exchange and international development.
Models help promote mathematical thinking by facilitating an understanding of key concepts and mathematical structures. By seeing and moving objects, students engage their senses to better understand and reason with abstract concepts, or to make sense of — and solve — problems.
If you are both a teacher yourself and the parent of a learning disabled child, shouldn’t it be easy for you to ensure your child receives appropriate services, including testing and IEP implementation? Maybe, maybe not. Check out one mother’s perspective as parent, colleague, and advocate.
