Sandy Gauvin is a retired educator who has seen learning disabilities from many perspectives - as the parent of a daughter with learning disabilities, as the teacher of children with learning disabilities, and as an advocate for others who have diagnosed and unrecognized learning disabilities. Sandy shares her wisdom and her resources at http://www.LDPerspectives.com
Becoming Informed About Your LD Child’s Strengths And Weaknesses All too often, children with learning disabilities are seen through their weaknesses. Like anyone else, however, they have many strengths. It is of the greatest importance to focus on the strengths that your child has and show them to other people. It will not only to help others who are involved in her life understand her better, but it will help the child herself know that she is loved and...... Similar Editorial : Your Strengths by Darlene Arechederra. | Source : Youth Programs
For Your Child With A Learning Disability Did you know that you are the most important person in your child’s life? Of course you did.But did you know that parents of children with learning disabilities can also be their child’s most effective advocate.What exactly is an advocate? An advocate is someone who speaks up for someone else, or who acts on behalf of another person. As a parent, you know your child better than anyone else, and...... Similar Editorial : The Disability Discrimination Act by Trenton Moss. | Source : Youth Programs
Understanding Why Your Child Has Been Recommended For Testing You have just received a call from your child’s teacher explaining that she has noticed your child having difficulty in school. Your child is not understanding math or reading the way the other children do. So she would like your permission to proceed with testing to find out if he has a learning disability.When this happens, it is always a good idea to meet with the teacher in person. Being...... Similar Editorial : Highly Recommended Pre by Kerry Hawkins (MPhil). | Source : Youth Programs
Advocating For Your Child With LD Advocate: you've probably heard the term before. But what does it mean to you?Advocating happens when you speak on behalf of someone else. You say for them what they can't say for themselves.When you have a child who has been diagnosed with a learning disability, this is exactly what you must do for them. You must speak on their behalf. You know your child the best of anybody, and you are the best...... Similar Editorial : The ADD Child by Jeanne Bauer. | Source : Youth Programs
Could My Child Have A Learning Disability? Before my daughter, Michele, began attending school, a lady that was babysitting her noticed things she did (or didn’t do) that weren’t developmentally quite right.We were fortunate in that the babysitter had had training in early childhood education, and she would work with Michele and her son to help them develop appropriate pre-school skills. She became concerned that Michele struggled with...... Similar Editorial : The Disability Discrimination Act by Trenton Moss. | Source : Youth Programs
When Your Child Has Been Recommended For Testing You’ve just received a call from your child's teacher. As your blood pounds in your ears, you hear her explain how she has noticed your child having difficulty with some academic subject in school. Your child is not understanding math or reading the way the other children do. So she would like your permission to proceed with testing to find out what exactly is causing the problem.So what do you do...... Similar Editorial : Highly Recommended Pre by Kerry Hawkins (MPhil). | Source : Youth Programs
Beginning The Special Education Process Like anything else in life, there's a method to the special education process. It was put in place to help people who deal with learning disabilities get the best services possible. In order to help you understand this method, here's a simplified version of the Special Education process. 1)Request for evaluationSomeone sees that the child is having difficulty in school and asks that testing be...... Similar Editorial : Accountability and Special Education by Catherine Whitcher, M.Ed. | Source : Cheap Driving Schools
