Caroline Richter, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Psychology, says learning disabilities are common, and there are many ways for parents to ...

If, as a teacher, your student asks you what dyslexia is, can you answer? What about dyscalculia? Most students with learning differences are going to spend the majority of their time in general ...

I’ve spent more than a decade as a special education teacher in New York City, and the hardest part of the job has never been the students; it’s been the paperwork. Too often, the IEPs and transition ...

Teachers often graduate from their preparation programs without a firm grounding in common learning differences like dyslexia, which affects the ability to read. This is the case even though teachers ...

This is an easy English version of the story. For the standard English version, click here. We know that people with a learning disability get worse healthcare than other people. A report said that ...

A child may struggle for months — or even years — with an undiagnosed learning disability or insufficient support. He or she may experience anxiety, frustration, fear, lack of relationships, falling ...

Learning disabilities are, Mapou said, in general, specific deficits in one or more academic skills, like reading, writing and math, in a person who is of average intelligence. The disabilities ...

If school is a constant struggle, or if you wonder if there's something else going on, like ADHD, anxiety, depression, dyslexia or other type of learning disability or intellectual disability getting ...