Education Station

 Happy 2010 to all Children Especially to our Children with

 Learning Disabilities and Attention Disorders

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS TO HELP KIDS WITH LD AND ADHD

1. Listen to what kids with learning disabilities have to say about how they learn.
2. Believe that all children want to succeed even when their grades do not show it.
3. Trust that all children can find the homework plan that works for them.
4. Believe that all children, even the child with severe dyslexia, can learn to read.

MAKE A RESOLUTION HAPPEN:

1. Kids with learning disabilities know when a classroom works for them and when it does not. Listen well when a child tells you, for example, “It’s too noisy” or “The teacher talks too fast”; or “I can’t finish work in time”; or “I’m bored”. Perhaps an auditory processing or a processing speed delay interferes or perhaps their learning style is not optimized in the classroom.
2. Poor grades are clues that tell us something isn’t working. Attention disorders, poor written output speed, homework disorganization, inability to do math quickly, or slow reading speed may be the actual culprits.
3. Kids need to feel ownership over their homework, their test grades, and their school successes. Managing all the details for children with a learning disability or an attention disorder, can “dis-able” them from ever learning how to learn on their own. Believe that a child with learning disabilities will feel proud when they have learned their way.
4. With proper instruction and enough time kids with dyslexia can read. Know when to intensify instruction and when how to use technological resources AND Never Give Up!