Learning Disabilities | Family & Parenting | Savvy Cafe
Feb 04 2007
In a classroom of approximately 25 children, it is rather easy to pinpoint a problem with a child that just cannot seem to sit still. The teacher can assume that there may be a problem, as she has tried to address the situation several times in the classroom. If, for whatever reason, the teacher is [...]
Feb 04 2007
A learning disability is a type of neurological disorder where a person’s brain is structured differently than most other people. These slight differences can affect how a person talks, listens, reads, writes, and many other processes. Some disorders are physically seen and can explain why and person has LD, while others are microscopic and cannot [...]
Feb 03 2007
Now that you have associated the lack of progression in your child’s schoolwork with a form of learning disorder, what then? Are there places to help with this? Yes, indeed there are. Many times, all it takes it a trip to you pediatrician, as they have at their fingertips a slue of knowledge and solutions. [...]
Feb 03 2007
Part of the autism spectrum disorders, Asperger Syndrome (AS) is a type of developmental disorder. This particular group of neurological conditions is usually accompanied by repetitive thought and behavior patterns and degrees of communication and language impairment. Unlike most children with autism, Asperger children will retain their early language skills. Unlike children with Nonverbal Learning [...]
Feb 03 2007
IDEA stands for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which is a special education law designed to protect and help those who suffer from LD (learning disabilities) and other types of disabilities. Originally put in place in 1975, it has been modified and improved as late as 2004. This law was passed to make sure [...]
Feb 02 2007
Children can be challenging enough without even thinking about a child with ADHD and a learning disability. It is hard enough for most children to sit still and stay calm. For a child with ADHD, this task is even harder. Parents and teachers can get to their wits end and not know what to do [...]
Feb 01 2007
It can be hard enough when you find out that your child has a learning disability. There is nothing worse for a parent than to know their precious child will suffer with the struggles that will ensue. There are rights you have to make sure that your child gets the help they need to live [...]
As busy as the school year is, it’s still no time to let kids forget the importance of making a difference. There are plenty of simple ways to involve kids in the community when they’re not in class.
“School months are all about learning, socializing, sports and after-school activities,” says Liz Scott of Wynnewood, Pa. “But [...]
Enhancing the image of the United States abroad goes a long way toward improving and strengthening our relationships with other countries. People like Laurie and Martin Scott of Nevada are doing their part to create and promote a positive impression of America around the world.
The couple has joined forces with the nonprofit EF Foundation for [...]
As teens head back to the classroom this fall, they’ll be assigned a lot of homework in the three “Rs”: reading, writing, and arithmetic. Important to students’ success will be the homework parents do in teaching two other “Rs”: role modeling and responsibility.
“A parent’s words and actions provide powerful role modeling,” explains Lonnie Carton, PhD, [...]
Hannah Keeley
(ARA) - That last school bell has rung and the kids are back home, enjoying all the pleasures that summer vacation offers. But there’s got to be more to life than sleeping until noon and sipping lemonade by the pool. Here are some more ideas to make sure your kids stay happy and healthy [...]
(NC)—Spring and summer mean more than flowers, rain showers, vacation and relaxation. The warm weather also brings a little known fact and an unwelcome reality: more child-pedestrian injuries and deaths than any other time of year. Walking is a child’s first means of independent transportation and often the most accessible, yet child-pedestrian incidents are a [...]