Content Finder | LD OnLine

How can I get the school district to put my son in a more appropriate out-of-district placement?

Dear Audra:

…

How can I help my preschool son with a complicated diagnosis?

Your description of your four-year-old son is complex. I recommend that you meet with the preschool evaluation service of your neighborhood public school.

…

Beverley B. Swanson

How Can I Improve My Child's Reading?

This advice for parents details what they can do to help preschoolers become readers, and help school-age children improve their reading skills.

How can we support my "reading-challenged" son who is the youngest in his kindergarten?

As your developmental pediatrician mentioned, development can be uneven between three and six or seven, especially for boys. Some kids are reading by first grade and some are not.

…

How can you receive accommodations on standardized tests for graduate school?

Dear College Student:

…

Fernando Miranda

How Can You Tell When Your Child Has Learning Problems?

How does a parent obtain an evaluation that is more detailed than the school is willing to provide?

Dear Cynthia,

…

How do I help a six-year-old boy who is developing unevenly and might have language problems?

First, might I comment that six-year-olds, especially boys, often develop unevenly. Their language and/or motor skills might be more advanced than the other.

…

Cynthia M. Stowe

How to Reach and Teach Children and Teens with Dyslexia

This comprehensive, practical resource gives educators at all levels essential information, techniques, and tools for understanding dyslexia and adapting teaching methods in all subject areas to meet the learning style, social, and emotional needs of students who have dyslexia. Special features include over 50 full-page activity sheets that can be photocopied for immediate use and interviews with students and adults who have had personal experience with dyslexia. Organized into twenty sections, information covers everything from ten principles of instruction to teaching reading, handwriting, spelling, writing, math, everyday skills, and even covers the adult with dyslexia.

How do you go about engaging students to help formulate their own technology plan?

That can make a big difference, especially with older students. One thing we run into is we often give students way too much technology at first, and that can become overwhelming for them.

…

Getting Started

Your Stories

How can I get the school district to put my son in a more appropriate out-of-district placement?

How can I help my preschool son with a complicated diagnosis?

How Can I Improve My Child's Reading?

How can we support my "reading-challenged" son who is the youngest in his kindergarten?

How can you receive accommodations on standardized tests for graduate school?

How Can You Tell When Your Child Has Learning Problems?

How does a parent obtain an evaluation that is more detailed than the school is willing to provide?

How do I help a six-year-old boy who is developing unevenly and might have language problems?

How to Reach and Teach Children and Teens with Dyslexia

How do you go about engaging students to help formulate their own technology plan?

Visit our sister websites:

Reading Rockets Launching Young Readers(opens in a new window)

Start with a Book Read. Explore. Learn!(opens in a new window)

Colorín Colorado Helping ELLs Succeed(opens in a new window)

AdLitAll About Adolescent Literacy(opens in a new window)

Reading Universe All About Teaching Reading and Writing(opens in a new window)