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On the Web
- Learning Disabilities Association of America - National organization of parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities. Promoting advocacy, education, and research into the causes of learning disabilities to improve the quality of life. Includes list of state chapters, membership details, calendar of events, and other resources.
- Edbydesign.com: Learning Disabilities - Includes definition of Learning Disabilities, as well as links to pages about specific learning problems.
- Learning Disabilities Online - A selection of articles on learning disabilities including symptoms, possible causes, and alternative ways to prevent learning disorders.
- New Mexico Learning Disabilities Association - The Learning Disabilities Association of New Mexico (NM-LDA) is a nonprofit volunteer organization affiliated with the Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDAA). LDAA gives support and information to persons with learning disabilities, parents, teachers, and other professionals through 50 state affiliates and 800 local units. NM-LDA is headquartered in Albuquerque.
- Learning Disabilities Association of Alabama - Dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for all individuals with learning disabilities and their families, to alleviating the restricting effects of learning disabilities, and to supporting endeavors to determine the causes of learning disabilities.
- Learning Disabilities Association of Mississippi - An informational support center for parents, adults with learning disabilities, and professionals. Provides tips, explanation of support specialists, state contacts, and resources.
- Learning Disabilities Association of Cuyahoga County - Supports children and adults with specific learning disabilities in the Cleveland, Ohio, area.
- Learning Disabilities Association of New York City (LDA of NYC) - Twofold mission: facilitating access to needed services for all New Yorkers with learning disabilities, especially those in the more disadvantaged communities; and providing support to those individuals and their families through a helpline, Latino outreach, and adult support groups.
- Learning Disabilities Association of Michigan - Mission is to enhance the quality of life for individuals with learning disabilities and their families through advocacy, education, training, service and support of research.
- Childhood Learning Disabilities - Offers details about the types of childhood learning disabilities, causes, diagnostics, treatment, and coping methods for families.
Wikipedia Articles
- Learning disabilities in special education - Some students with learning disabilities are eligible for special education services in the United States.
- England Learning Disabilities team - The England Learning Disabilities (LD) team is one of the six disability squads supported by the Football Association.
- The Learning Center Foundation - The Learning Center Foundation, a non-profit foundation dedicated to research and the diffusion of knowledge for assisting children with learning disabilities, especially dyslexia. The Learning Center was founded in 1967 by Dr.
- Response to intervention - In education, Response To Intervention (commonly abbreviated RTI or RtI) is a method of academic intervention that is designed to provide early, effective assistance to children who are having difficulty learning as part of the process of diagnosing learning disabilities. The RTI method has been developed by researchers as an alternative to identifying learning disabilities with the ability-achievement discrepancy model, which requires children to exhibit a severe discrepancy between their IQ and academic achievement as measured by standardized tests.
- Franklin Academy - Franklin Academy is a coed boarding school in East Haddam, Connecticut, serving the needs of students in grades 8-12 who have Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities NLD and various other learning disabilities. The school officially opened in September 2003 with approximately 35 students.