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Learning Disabilities

Learning disabilities can be difficult to define. How these disorders are classified isn't as important as recognizing that each one can seriously interfere with a youngster's ability to learn. All learning impairments share one thing in common: deviations in processing in one or more locations of the brain.

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What are Learning Disabilities?

Learning disabilities result from a variation in your child's central nervous system functioning. Learning disabilities can vary in severity, from mild to severe and they are sometimes difficult to recognize.

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Common Learning Disabilities

Diagnosing a Learning Disability

How Learning Problems are Managed

Interventions for Learning Disorders

Learning Disability Evaluation

Learning Problems in Teens

Monitoring Your Child's Progress

Special Education

Types of Learning Problems

What are Learning Disabilities?

What Parents Can Do to Help Children with a Learning Disorder

Your Right to Special Services