This section provides information that is specific to learning disabilities.
Click on the links below to access the information each resource provides.
If you know of additional resources that provide valuable information in this
area, please email us at
learning@medhomeplus.org so that we can include these resources in this
database.
|
Organization |
Link |
What You'll Find
There |
| Council for Exceptional Children |
www.dldcec.org |
TeachingLD, a website providing information and resources for
teaching students with learning disabilities, including background
information on learning disabilities and a series of downloadable
"teaching how-tos" articles from Teaching Exceptional Children, a CEC
publication. |
| International Dyslexia Association |
www.interdys.org |
FAQs and fact sheets on language-based learning differences,
available for free download, some in Spanish, Italian and Arabic as well
as English. An extensive list of research articles is available as well,
but only as bibliography citations (not downloadable), and there is an
online bookstore. |
| Kennedy Krieger Institute |
http://www.kennedykrieger.org/ |
Kennedy Krieger Institute treats children and adolescents with
developmental disabilities including learning disability. |
| LD Online, sponsored by WETA, a PBS station |
www.ldonline.org/ldbasics |
Background information on learning disabilities and ADHD, as well as
hundreds of articles, multimedia, columns by experts, and a
comprehensive resource and referral guide on both topics |
| Learning Disabilities Association of America |
www.ldaamerica.org |
A broad selection of free downloadable articles and booklets on
learning disabilities, as well as links to government agencies, teaching
resource sites, professional organizations, and other resources that
serve people with learning disabilities. |
| Learning Disabilities Association of Virginia |
http://www.ldavirginia.org/ |
A variety of excellent resources for Virginia families with a child
with learning disabilities, including sample IEPs, legislative updates,
and a fee-based online course on learning disabilities advocacy for
parents |
| National Center for Learning Disabilities |
http://www.ncld.org/content/view/445/389/ |
Learning Disabilities Info Zone: Keys to Successful Learning, an
excellent National Center for Learning Disabilities resource |
| NICHCY |
www.nichcy.org/disabinf.asp |
Learning Disability Fact Sheet, Reading and Learning Disabilities
Briefing Paper |
| NICHCY |
www.nichcy.org/resources/ld1.asp |
Excellent general information and resource list on learning
disabilities |
| PEATC |
www.peatc.org/support.htm |
Listing of parent support groups for parents of children with
learning disabilities |
| Special Education Resources on the Internet |
http://seriweb.com/ |
A collection of information resources of interest to those involved
in the fields related to Special Education, including learning
disabilities |
| Transitioning to
www.greatschools.org in 2008 |
http://www.schwablearning.org/ |
A Parent's Guide to Learning Differences, covering identifying
difficulties, managing your child, managing school and learning,
resources and publications- site will have redirected URL early in 2008 |
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