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Parenting Bright Kids Who Struggle in School guides parents through the challenging and often unfamiliar landscape of raising kids who have been labeled with learning differences, including dyslexia, ADHD, autism, sensory processing disorder, and more. Drawing from her own experience as a parent of a child with learning differences - who is now a highly successful adult - the author outlines clear lessons from a quarter century of advocating for kids who learn differently.

Overwhelmed, lost, dismissed in IEP/504 systems — seeking help, clarity, and support? You're not alone! Hosted by Wendy Taylor, M.Ed., ET/P, a certified educational therapist, IEP coach, and parent advocate with over 20 years of experience helping families navigate special education. Wendy is the founder of Learning Essentials and a trusted voice in decoding IEPs, literacy challenges, and executive function needs. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or professional, Wendy brings compassionate expertise, real-life strategies, and empowering guidance to help you support the child you care about...

Are you an adult with learning disabilities (LD) or dyslexia? Do you often feel invisible in your everyday life because no one understands you? Have you been told you have LD—but don’t know what that means? Do you work with, teach, or live with someone who has LD? If so, these podcasts are for you! Each episode is full of practical, free tips and tricks to challenge and inspire you. We’ll share laughs, stories, and ideas that you can use today in your own life. I’m a professor who has been doing research and teaching in special education for over 30 years. Let’s get started on this ...

Laura answers your questions about specific learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, and ADHD

Caring or careless? In this powerful and moving essay, Micheline Lee tells the story of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, a transformative social change that ran into problems. For some users it has been “the only lifeboat in the ocean,” but for others it has meant still more exclusion. Lee explains what happened, showing that the NDIS, for all its good intentions, has not understood people with disabilities well enough. While government thought the market could do its job, a caring society cannot be outsourced.

A selection of podcasts aimed at supporting the parents and carers of children and young people who have a learning disability. Provided by the Children's Learning Disability Therapeutic Service in Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland and generously supported by funding from NHS Charities Together (https://nhscharitiestogether.co.uk/). Intro music by Dr Gareth Lewis. Feedback and suggestions would be very welcome via our short online survey: https://bit.ly/3noBN86

Are you smart, scattered, and struggling? You're not alone. Cutting-edge research shows that today's 24/7 wired world and the growing demands of work and family life may simply max out the part of the brain that manages complex tasks. That's especially true for those lacking strong executive skills - the core brain-based abilities needed to maintain focus, meet deadlines, and stay cool under pressure.

Has your child been labeled "slow", as having Attention Deficit Disorder, or some other learning disability? Kathy Kolbe, a pioneer in instinct-driven performance, looks at how this type of labeling may be more a reflection of the school system than of your child's natural abilities.

Academic Ableism brings together disability studies and institutional critique to recognize the ways that disability is composed in and by higher education and rewrites the spaces, times, and economies of disability in higher education to place disability front and center. For too long, argues Jay Timothy Dolmage, disability has been constructed as the antithesis of higher education, often positioned as a distraction, a drain, a problem to be solved.

Welcome to the Debriefing Zone for autism and learning disabilities !! Fairly new podcast, started by MDAAfrica. The hosts ( Anna Amagou and Eric Moor) lead weekly conversations around Autism, mental disorders, research papers, and techniques in applied behavior analysis.Each week we bring you awareness on autism or mental disorders while referring to Applied behavior Analysis research papers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An innovative, comprehensive guide—the first of its kind—to help parents understand and accept learning disabilities in their children, offering tips and strategies for successfully advocating on their behalf and helping them become their own best advocates. In Thinking Differently, David...

From a bestselling author and psychologist, an exploration and celebration of neurodivergence, completely revised with the most up-to-date research and insights. From ADHD and dyslexia to autism, the number of diagnosis categories listed by the American Psychiatric Association has tripled in the...

By Dr Srilekhini Kadari. This podcast is about caring for a child with severe learning disabilities. I will be interviewing my mother for her parenting experience in taking care of my brother who was diagnosed with severe learning disabilities soon after birth. I will also be speaking about medical conditions like Cerebral Palsy, Lissencephaly and Epilepsy.

Do you know children who get upset when their routines change? They might also struggle to see the big picture, make friends, solve a problem in real time, and read nonverbal communication. Meltdowns, tantrums, and other challenging behaviors might be common. This audiobook was designed to teach you how making small shifts in your language and speaking style that will produce important results.

Discover the secrets to college transition, disability accommodations, and academic success for students with learning disabilities, ADHD, and mental health conditions. Join Dan Jordan, a current therapist at a university and former accessibility coordinator for over a decade, as he provides weekly insider tips and insights to improve your student’s self-advocacy, academic achievement, and personal wellness. Get the essential information you need to navigate the college journey from start to finish. Make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss out!

Tommy Jessop is a multi-award winning actor, theatre performer, and campaigner. Tommy has been at the vanguard of bringing awareness of the potential of people living with Down syndrome to the media, and to government. A Life Worth Living will be Tommy's story - from his journey into acting and campaigning while showing his unstoppable determination, charisma, and love for life.

Here at LDAM, we believe that everyone has ‘The Power to Achieve’ - in season 1 of the podcast, we sat down with many amazing people to talk about what school was like for them, what they know about LDs and ADHD, how they found their ‘Power to Achieve’ and so much more!

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Does your child seem to understand much more than he can say? Does he struggle to say words that other kids his age say effortlessly? If so, he may have childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), a neurological, motor-based speech disorder which is characterized by difficulty planning and organizing the...

Wohltuende Worte für Kinder mit ADHS. Kinder und Jugendliche mit ADHS profitieren von einer klaren und wertschätzenden Sprache, denn sie haben eine kurze Aufmerksamkeitsspanne und leiden oft an einem geringen Selbstwertgefühl. Die Strategien der Gewaltfreien Kommunikation schaffen die nötige Nähe, Sicherheit und Bindung, die Kinder mit ADHS so dringend brauchen. Anhand von konkreten Formulierungsbeispielen erfahren Eltern und andere Bezugspersonen, wie sie Gewaltfreie Kommunikation einfach im Alltag anwenden und damit gut auf die besonderen Bedürfnisse ihrer kleinen und großen Kinder eingehen.