Helpful Links for Learning Disabilities
Lots of great information and links.
LD Online
Interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and children.
Schwab Foundation for Learning
Parent's guide to helping kids with learning differences and disabilities, includes articles, message boards, event calendar, and free publications.
Instant Access Treasure Chest
Foreign language teacher's guide to learning disabilities.
NIMH: Learning Disabilities
Understanding the problem, getting help, and sustaining hope.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/adhdmenu.cfm
Learning Abled Kids
Online resource for parents homeschooling children with learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, ADD, or ADHD.
Word Finding Difficulties
Provides information about Word Finding, a serious language deficit for many children, adolescents, and adults.
Misunderstood Minds [read review]
Companion site to the PBS special on learning differences and disabilities. Includes information and resources for parents.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds
Children's Special Services
Provides services for children who learn differently; focusing on the fundamentals of development, building foundations for motor/cognitive learning, and socialization skills.
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Dyslexia Archive - Specific Learning Difficulties
Includes news and frequently asked questions.
http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/
Dyslexia, Positive Aspects of the Learning Disability .
Promoting an understanding of dyslexia and potential for genius. For parents, teachers, and dyslexics.
Dyslexia-Information.com
Offers basic information, educational support, and homework links.
Dyslexia Training Programs
Offered through the
Learning Disabilities OnLine: Dysgraphia
Includes various articles on this writing disability.
www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/writing/writing.html
Dysgraphia: Causes and Treatment
Academic paper features ideas for creating a supportive classroom, instructional methods, and references.
www.dyscalculia.org/Edu563.html
Dysgraphia
Includes warning signs,
definition, and helpful strategies for children and young adults.
From the
www.ncld.org/LDInfoZone/InfoZone_FactSheet_Dysgraphia.cfm
Dysgraphia: What it Is and What it Isn't
Describes some underlying causes of dysgraphia including sequencing problems, ADHD, and auditory and visual processing weaknesses.
Dysgraphia: Handwriting Help for Children
Example stories, causes, and help.
www.audiblox2000.com/dysgraphia.htm
Dyscalculia.org
Information about dyscalculia, its symptoms, dyscalculia resources, hints for effective teaching and the Dyscalculia International Consortium.
Dyscalculia
Free! A chaper from the book "What is dyscalculia" www.dyscalculiainfo.org
NCLD - Dyscalculia
www.ncld.org/LDInfoZone/InfoZone_FactSheet_Dyscalculia.cfm
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
National
www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/adhd.cfm
ADDitude
Healthy lifestyle magazine for people with ADD/ADHD.
Virtual neighborhood consolidating information and resources relating to attention deficit disorder (ADD), AD/HD and learning sisorders (LD).
ADD ADHD Information Library
Information on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder organized into 10 easy lessons.
ADHDNews.com
Offers periodic newsletters with information on the research and treatment of ADHD, online support, announcements, and resources.
About ADD
Articles and information about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
ADDvance
Online presence for the
Living With ADD
Contains book recommendations, tips, stories, and links.
ADHD E-Book
Features a full text ebook written by a pediatric neurologist on the range of ADHD symptoms and treatment options.
www.pediatricneurology.com/adhd.htm
Internet Mental Health: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADHD resource includes descriptions, diagnosis, treatment and research information, booklets, and magazine articles.
www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-ch01.html
Attention Deficit Disorder Articles
Original articles on attention deficit disorder from a practical approach.
MedlinePlus: Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
Find the latest news stories, overviews, research and more on Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity from MedlinePlus, the National Library of Medicine's consumer health site.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/attentiondeficitdisorderwithhyperactivity.html
Born to Explore! The Other Side of ADD
Positive and alternative information about attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD), including creativity, giftedness, temperament diversity, allergies, and more.
Children Who Can't Pay Attention
ADHD fact
sheet from the
www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/noattent.htm
Adult ADD
Features information about adult ADD.