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What Is LD?
- A learning disability affects the way kids of average
to above average intelligence receive, process, or express information
and lasts throughout life. It impacts the ability to learn the basic
skills of reading, writing, or math.
- The Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities
(CCLD), a coalition of national organizations within the learning
disabilities community, defines LD as "a neurobiological disorder
in which a person's brain works or is structured differently."
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
— Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), used by psychologists and medical
doctors, doesn't list "learning disability," but describes
disorders in reading, mathematics, and written expression. Academic
achievement, as measured by standardized tests, must be substantially
below expectations for the child's chronological age, intelligence,
and age-appropriate education.
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),
the federal law that provides for special education, defines "specific
learning disability" as a disorder in one or more of the basic
psychological processes involved in understanding or using spoken
or written language. Skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing,
and/or mathematics may be negatively affected.
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For more information:
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us at 281-357-4111 or e-mailing us at info@cccctomball.com.
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