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Parents are often baffled by the problems presented by a child with
learning disabilities. Often this "invisible disability"
does not become obvious until a child reaches school age. These
articles provide a variety of suggestions and advice from experts
on ways to help and how to view your child.
Special Need Trusts: What are Special Need Trusts? Full Article
Back to School: Working with Teachers and Schools: Helping Your Child Succeed in School. Full Article
Summer Activities for Children with Learning
Disabilities: When
summer vacation arrives, parents are faced with selecting meaningful
activities for their child with learning disabilities. Full Article
Bullying Should Not Be A Part of Growing Up: What Parents Should Know: Students with learning disabilities and/or attention disorders are at a greater risk for being bullied or of becoming a bully. Full Article
Helping the Learning Disabled Adolescent Learn to Drive by Dale S. Brown
Special Education Expenses - Tax
Deductible or Not?: attorney Pat Latham,
J.D. reviews a recent IRS private letter ruling dealing with payments
to a private school on behalf of two children diagnosed with learning
disabilities. Full Article
A Handicap With No Name:
Poignant and instructive memories from childhood school days as
a student with undiagnosed and untreated learning disabilities.
By Dale S. Brown. Full article
A Letter to Grandma:
Reflections of an adult on being a child with learning disabilities
in a regular classroom without accommodations, diagnosis or treatment.
By Dale S. Brown. Full article
Homework Tips for Parents:
What homework is supposed to accomplish, how to judge whether your
child's homework is "good" homework, and how to help your
child get it done right. Full
article
Get Your Child Ready for Work:
How you can help your child become a satisfied and valuable employee
by teaching him to develop the values and skills of a good worker,
avoid the common pitfalls of youth with learning disabilities, and
learn job-related skills at home. Full
article
Help Your Child Choose a Career and
Find a Job: Tips from an employment expert on how to help
your child determine which career will make the most of their strengths
and how to set out goals for eventually achieving career success.
Full article
Tips on Choosing a Tutor for Your Child:
Most parents dream of their children doing well in school, going
on to college and having a successful career. But what are parents
to do when they find out that their child is falling behind? Here
are tips on choosing an appropriate tutor. Full
article
Summer Reading Tips:
Summer shouldn't mean taking a break from learning, especially reading: children who continue to read actually gain skills. Here are tips to help children sustain reading skills, practice reading and read for enjoyment. Full article
Social Acceptance of Students with Learning Disabilities: In spite of the enormous efforts put forth by families, the skilled special educators, and mental health professionals, the individual with a learning disability has one final challenge to meet in life: Social Acceptance. Full article
Professionals Who Can Help:
A listing of the various professionals who might provide services
for your child. Full article
Tips for Parents: Parents are always
looking for hints that will make learning easier for their child.
Here are some tips that LDA parents have learned from one another
over the years. Full article
What Do Parents of Children with Learning
Disabilities, ADHD, and Related Disorders Deal With: If
it is difficult to be a parent, it is even more difficult to be
a parent of a child with special needs. This overview helps explain
this added dimension and describes ways to help. Full
article
Preventing Parent Burn Out: Model for
Teaching Effective Coping Strategies to Parents of Children with
Learning Disabilities: Wonderful suggestions on ways to
deal with the chronic stressors of parenting a child with LD. Full
article
Helping Young Children with Learning Disabilities
at Home: Suggestions on how to focus on your child's strengths
in order to build self esteem and to help them become an integral
part of the family. Full article
A Learning Disability Is Only One Part
of a Child: It is important for parents to see their child
as a whole person, not just a person with learning disabilities.
Here is great advice on how to do that! Full
article
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