A child may struggle for months — or even years — with an undiagnosed learning disability or insufficient support. He or she may experience anxiety, frustration, fear, lack of relationships, falling ...

“Response to intervention,” an educational approach promoted under federal special education law as a way to identify children with learning disabilities, garnered intense interest during the 43rd ...

The two are intertwined. The focus is on providing needed instruction and intervention matched to student needs. This relates to realizing that many students who had previously been identified as ...

Students with learning disabilities (LD) struggle with particular skills like reading, writing, or mathematics and often require additional, individualized support to fill educational gaps. A team of ...

Students with learning disabilities drop out of high school at more than double the typical rate (NSBA, 2019). While over 60% of students go to college, about 5% of those with learning disabilities do ...

Caroline Richter, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Psychology, says learning disabilities are common, and there are many ways for parents to ...

While the recent months have been a flurry of news around education, we’re becoming distracted from the very real challenges students are facing in the classroom. Because when speaking with parents, ...

A new audit from State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office released Tuesday found that many of the state’s youngest children with disabilities did not receive or faced delays in receiving the ...

Continuing Education Credits: up to 11 hours, through American Psychological Association (APA), Pennsylvania State Board of Social Work (PA SBSW), or International Accreditors for Continuing Education ...

The new law states hospitals must sign a letter referring babies to early intervention services if the child is born weighing less than 2.2 pounds.