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    Learning Tools from Microsoft to Help Individuals with Learning Disabilities
    LDAU
    • Dec 2, 2019

    Learning Tools from Microsoft to Help Individuals with Learning Disabilities

    Microsoft is continually improving their accessible features to help students with disabilities unlock their full potential.
    Choosing a Tutor Trained with Orton Gillingham: What You Need to Know
    LDAU
    • Oct 22, 2019

    Choosing a Tutor Trained with Orton Gillingham: What You Need to Know

    When seeking an OG (Orton Gillingham) trained tutor for my child with dyslexia, what should I look for?
    What Children With Dyslexia Wish Their Teachers Knew
    LDAU
    • Aug 29, 2019

    What Children With Dyslexia Wish Their Teachers Knew

    Here is real raw emotions, concerns, and fears that some of our students recently expressed about starting school.
    What Every Adult Needs to Know
    LDAU
    • Aug 29, 2019

    What Every Adult Needs to Know

    Each year as parents and adults we focus on all of the needs of our student as we get them ready for another year at school.
    Help Smooth out the Transition to a New School Year
    LDAU
    • Aug 28, 2019

    Help Smooth out the Transition to a New School Year

    The following are some suggestions about things parents have done to help smooth out that transition to the new school year.
    From Paper to Practice: Helping our Children develop Excutive Functioning Skills!
    LDAU
    • Aug 28, 2019

    From Paper to Practice: Helping our Children develop Excutive Functioning Skills!

    How is a child benefitting from the curriculum (including special ed) when they cannot focus, self-monitor, regulate, adapt, follow-through
    Marijuana is not Harmless and Negatively impacts Learning
    LDAU
    • Jul 24, 2019

    Marijuana is not Harmless and Negatively impacts Learning

    Compared to their drug free peers, students who abuse marijuana get lower grades and are less likely to graduate.
    Summer is the Time to Explore Accommodations
    LDAU
    • Jun 13, 2019

    Summer is the Time to Explore Accommodations

    Summer is here!! I remember how happy I was for summer break, no more homework wars or struggles and a break from the stress.
    Planning for The Future for a Child with Special Needs
    LDAU
    • Jun 6, 2019

    Planning for The Future for a Child with Special Needs

    Having a child with special needs comes with unique concerns and extraordinary worries for the future. Who can you trust to care for your ch
    Five Myths about Learning Disabilities
    LDAU
    • Jun 4, 2019

    Five Myths about Learning Disabilities

    Over my years of working with parents of students with learning disabilities, I have noticed a few myths that sometimes get in the way.
    My Thirteenth Winter, A Book Review
    LDAU
    • May 30, 2019

    My Thirteenth Winter, A Book Review

    I learned from her experiences the importance of self-advocacy, accepting her learning disability and using accommodations to be successful.
    Mindset the Psychology of Success for ALL Students Including those with Learning Disabilities
    LDAU
    • Apr 15, 2019

    Mindset the Psychology of Success for ALL Students Including those with Learning Disabilities

    Teachers of students with specific learning disabilities must value the power of thought and mindset psychology in their daily classroom
    Writing is Recording Co:Writer from Don Johnston.
    LDAU
    • Mar 8, 2019

    Writing is Recording Co:Writer from Don Johnston.

    Kent Remund In its most simple form, writing is recording; writing is a powerful way for humans to record and express ideas from an...
    Livescribe SmartPen
    LDAU
    • Mar 8, 2019

    Livescribe SmartPen

    Kent Remund Growing up, I loved James Bond movies. My favorite scene from each movie was when he would visit “Q” in the lab to see the...
    Be Informed in Utah
    LDAU
    • Jan 29, 2019

    Be Informed in Utah

    Gaylia Tanner Monday, January 28th marks the beginning of the Utah State Legislative Session. The next forty-five days will be jammed...
    Holidays and your LD Child
    LDAU
    • Dec 27, 2018

    Holidays and your LD Child

    Gaylia Tanner The holidays are wonderful and glorious with all the lights, music and special events with family and friends. The fast...
    
Financial literacy
    LDAU
    • Dec 27, 2018

    Financial literacy

    Rachel Anderson “Financial literacy plays a vital role as students with disabilities make the transition from school to work or college....
    Assessing Adults with Learning Disabilities
    LDAU
    • Dec 27, 2018

    Assessing Adults with Learning Disabilities

    Deborah Young, Ed.D. Thinking about adults with learning disabilities (LD) first took shape in the 1980s. At the federal level,...
    Reasonable Employment Accommodations for People with Learning Disabilities: Resources & Examples
    LDAU
    • Oct 9, 2018

    Reasonable Employment Accommodations for People with Learning Disabilities: Resources & Examples

    A reasonable accommodation is a change in the workplace or the way things are typically done that provides an equal employment...
    ALLIANCE CALLS TO ELIMINATE LEAD POISONING IN AMERICAN CHILDREN BY 2021
    LDAU
    • Mar 19, 2018

    ALLIANCE CALLS TO ELIMINATE LEAD POISONING IN AMERICAN CHILDREN BY 2021

    May 15, 2017—An alliance of leading scientists, health professionals and children’s health advocates, known as Project TENDR, today...
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