Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can frustrate ...

BALTIMORE -- One in five people in the United States struggle with learning or attention disabilities, according to the Learning Disability Association of America. While they can make learning ...

But the current policy conversation has begun to blur them with a different question: how dyslexia itself should be defined. In several recent debates about dyslexia policy and definitions—including ...

A new study reports that the widespread cognitive difficulties in children with learning problems appear to be a core feature of their condition, independent of their attentional behaviors. In ...

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) consider specific learning difficulties to be neurodevelopmental. This means that they are present from birth, but often only manifest ...

As a teacher, you want all of your students to reach their academic potential. However, not everyone learns at the same pace or in the same way. That means you need to be prepared to provide ...

A neuropsychological evaluation conference can be a psychological/therapeutic event, indeed the assessment process itself can be viewed as the beginning of treatment ...

If, as a teacher, your student asks you what dyslexia is, can you answer? What about dyscalculia? Most students with learning differences are going to spend the majority of their time in general ...

A specific learning disability, also known as a specific learning disorder, is a neurological condition that affects an individual’s ability to learn and process information in a specific area, like ...

The current schooling reform taking place in the South African education system promises to significantly change the nature of teaching and learning so that all learners have equal educational ...