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Learning
Disabilities
State
and Local Resources on Learning Disabilities
World
Wide Web Resources on Learning Disabilities
- Asperger
Syndrome - Comprehensive page on Asperger
Syndrome, a pervasive developmental disorder on the
autistic spectrum. Includes help with the learning
disability associated with Asperger Syndrome
- Dyslexia:
The Gift - Join this group as they explore
the positive talents that give rise to dyslexia, and
share their knowledge about the best ways for
dyslexic people to learn.
- Education:
Learning Disabilities -
Parent's Soup resources and link for parenting the
learning disabled child.
- Family
Education Network - An organization
helping parents help their children succeed by
providing parents with the information and resources
they need to actively participate in their
children's learning process.
- Learning
Disabilities Association - A national,
non-profit organization advancing the education and
general welfare of children and adults of normal or
potentially normal intelligence who manifest
disabilities of a perceptual, conceptual, or
coordinative nature.
- Parents
Helping Parents - Meeting children's
special needs through Parents Helping Parents.
Excellent information on parenting the learning
disabled child!
- Schwab
Foundation for Learning - Schwab
Foundation for Learning offers a wide range of
services for parents and educators to provide
information, support and resources to improve the
lives of students with learning differences.
- Twenty-five
Practical Tips for Managing Emotion and Learning
- An outline discussing various emotional and
learning problems with specific suggestions on how
to manage them.
- A
Guide to Children's Literature and Disability -
A bibliography intended to help parents and
professionals identify books that are written about
or include characters who have a disability.
- Adaptive
Technology Resources - Dedicated to assisting
blind and visually impaired in regaining
independence and providing a better way to look at
life!
- Accessible
Electronic Content
- Dedicated to introducing administrators and staff
of colleges and universities to the assistive
technology that helps the physically disabled
student use a computer; and to refer those who need
more specific information to resources in their
area.
- Behavioral
Characteristics of Learning Disabled Students
- A check list is designed to alert the classroom
teacher to the possible presence of a learning
disability among one or more of his/her students.
- Different
Roads to Learning - An on-line catalog
specializing in learning materials and playthings
for children with developmental delays and
challenges.
- Integra
- Serving children and adolescents with learning
disabilities. Integra is dedicated to helping
children and adolescents who experience social,
emotional and behavioral problems related to their
learning disabilities.
- Let's
Play! Project - Learn about ways to play
with the learning disabled child through the
assistive technology process.
- Math
is Just a Game - A listing of links
related to the special needs and learning disabled
child.
- Mind-Steps - Mind-Steps was designed to bring
together professionals of many disciplines to treat
children with learning and developmental
disabilities, attentional problems and behavioral
disturbances.
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