Parenting & Family

Parenting a child with a learning disability can be challenging. We’ve gathered information to help you get organized, understand your rights and responsibilities, and provide support for your child at home and at school.

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Schooling the Learning-Disabled Child Abroad

(1999)

For parents of children with severe learning disabilities, dyslexia, problems with their own language and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), moving abroad causes great difficulties but can, at times, also bring unexpected gifts.

Nurturing Oral Language Skills

(1999)

How to Have a Good Relationship with Your Child's Teacher

(1999)

What to Do If You Suspect Your Child Has a Learning Disability

(1999)

If you think your child might have a learning disability, this article can help. With early intervention, children with learning disabilities can learn strategies to achieve as well as other children do. Organizing information about your child will help you to monitor progress. This information will be valuable in planning for your child.

Help Your Child Choose a Career and Find a Job

(1999)

Student Profile: Student Form

(1999)

Student Profile: Parent Form

(1999)

Speech and Language Milestone Chart

(1999)

Ten Ways to Take Charge of Your Child's IEP Meeting or Family Support Plan

(1999)

Late Blooming or Language Problem?

(1999)

Inclusion Q & A: A Parent's Guide

(1998)

Having the opportunity to be appropriately educated in a regular classroom gives your child, for perhaps the first time, the chance to feel "like other kids." The trip to the special education room often has a stigma attached to it.

Advocacy in Action: You Can Advocate for Your Child!

(1998)

Straight Talk About Reading: How Parents Can Make a Difference During the Early Years

(1998)

Special Siblings

(1997)

Is Your Daughter a Daydreamer, Tomboy or "Chatty Kathy"?

(1997)

In this introductory article, Kathleen Nadeau focuses specifically on the identification and treatment of AD/HD in girls.

Fatherhood and ADHD

(1997)

Voices From Fatherhood