Holiday Help for Families
Your child with LD deserves to enjoy the holidays and feel loved. How to Help Your Child Have a Happy Holiday has a dozen practical ideas designed to help you and your family. Prepare your child for parties and make accommodations for difficulties… then watch them shine.
If you are raising a child with LD by yourself, you are not alone. Find ways to relax, enjoy yourself, and make the holidays special in Help for Single Parents of Children with LD and/or ADHD Over the Holiday Season.
Find more useful information for this time of year in the sections on Self Esteem and Stress Management and Behavior and Social Skills.
What's New
Success in Getting A Child to Read
Emily Ann is in second grade and finally starting to enjoy reading. Watch the short video, Empowering Parents: Fighting for your Child, and see how her family succeeded in getting her the help she needed.
Getting the Lowdown on the Slowdown
Research has provided promising information on how brain differences affect learning. Getting the Lowdown on the Slowdown tells you how to adjust your teaching for those differences.
You Asked, We Answered
Read the latest expert advice from our psychiatrist, our lawyer, and our tech expert.
Today's LD News
December 2, 2008
Universities, Colleges See Students with Disabilities as a Growth Market
Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
Reading with Children Builds Strong Connections
Waukegan News Sun (IL)
'Best Kept Secret' Makes Stone Soup
Grand Haven Tribune (MI)
More Highlights
The Christmas Lesson
Rick Lavoie shares a moving story from his own childhood in
The Christmas Lesson.
Review Our Resources
Relax and review our resource section to visit recommended links all over the world. Visit various parent advocacy groups, professional associations, and government agencies.
Recommended Gifts for Family and Friends
LD OnLine has recommended books for children and books for parents and educators that would make great gifts. For more educational and informative products, visit our learning store.
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Contributions From You
Today's First Person Essay
How Computers Change the Writing Process for People with Learning Disabilities by Richard Wanderman
I'm a successful adult with a learning disability (dyslexia); part of the reason for my success is that I use computers to organize and express my ideas.
