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About Learning Disabilities: For Parents  External Link

Parents will find useful resources on learning disabilities, including negotiating the special education process and getting help for their child.... Details >

Learning Disabilities Association of America  External Link

Building Resilience in Children with Challenges  External Link

Children with learning disabilities lack the language, motor, memory, or other learning skills to easily negotiate everyday life, and can quickly sink into a defeatist frame of mind. This toolkit of b... Details >

National Center for Learning Disabilities  External Link

Evaluation: What Does It Mean for Your Child? - (PDF)  External Link

Evaluation is a process that helps parents and schools determine whether a child has a disability. Under IDEA a “child with a disability” is one who qualifies for special education and related service... Details >

Alliance National Parent Technical Assistance Center   External Link

Federation for Children with Special Needs: FAQs about Postsecondary Options - (PDF)  External Link

Learn about the eligibility and/or availability of services and supports in college for students with intellectual disabilities.... Details >

Federation for Children with Special Needs  External Link

Financial Aid, Scholarships and Resources for Students with LD   External Link

Supporting your child with LD will impact your wallet. Your child may need a tutor for extra academic support or a counselor to help build some social skills, or you and your teen may be looking ahead... Details >

National Center for Learning Disabilities  External Link

Find a Chapter: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)  External Link

CHADD chapters provide varying services in more than 225 communities across the country and offer a variety of activities that can truly make a difference in the lives of individuals and families affe... Details >

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder  External Link

Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)  External Link

Also available in: Spanish   External Link

Kids with delayed skills or other disabilities might be eligible for special services that provide individualized education programs in public schools, free of charge to families. Learn about these se... Details >

The Nemours Foundation  External Link

Kids: Dyslexia  External Link

This article is about the learning disability called dyslexia. It tells why what Sam and kids like him see and hear looks different or sounds different than it would to most people. The article also t... Details >

The Nemours Foundation  External Link

Knowing For Sure: Three Steps to Finding Out If You Have a Learning Disability  External Link

This fact sheet outlines three key steps to finding out if you have a learning disability. The evaluation should provide direction for employment, education and daily living, and should make specific ... Details >

National Center for Learning Disabilities  External Link

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