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Helpful Resources for Students with Learning Disabilities

"Put Downs and Comebacks - How to Respond to a Discouraged Child "

Six typical "put downs" a child who is struggling may say or think about himself and how you can respond.

"Life Success for Children with Learning Disabilities"

What are some of the factors that determine success in
students with LD?
This helpful guide from the Frostig Center in Pasadena, California, is based on over 20 years of research with individuals with learning disabilities in an attempt to identify factors that predicated successful life outcomes.

Parent Guide

Teacher Guide

Resource booklets from SchwabLearning.org

• Year 2006 Tax Benefits for Parents of
Children with Learning Disabilities
       By SchwabLearning.org
       Read this article at:
       http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.aspx?r=1130
       ©2007 Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation

• 25 Top Tips for Handling Homework
       By SchwabLearning.org
       Read this article at:
      http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=858&g=4
       ©2004 Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation

• 25 Top Ways to Encourage Reading
       By SchwabLearning.org
       Read this article at:
      http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=434&g=4
       ©2004 Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation

• Assistive Technology Guide
       By SchwabLearning.org
       Read this article at:
      http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=488&g=4
       ©2004 Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation

Spotlight Articles -

• When Your Teenager's Peers are Headed to College, but He Is Not
       By Melinda Sacks     -     SchwabLearning.org
       Read this article at:
     http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=999
       ©2005 Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation

• Legal Rights for College Students with Learning Disabilities
       By Kristin Stanberry     -     SchwabLearning.org
       Read this article at:
      http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=847
       ©2004 Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation

• Resources for College Students with Learning Disabilities or AD/HD
       By Lisa Kay    -     SchwabLearning.org
       Read this article at:
      http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=524
       ©2002, 2005 Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation

• Effective Study and Test-taking Strategies for Kids With Learning
   Difficulties
       By Lynn Meltzer, Ph.D., Bethany Roditi, Ph.D., Judith Stein, Ph.D., Kalyani
              Krishnan, M.Ed., and Laura Sales Pollica, M.A. - Research Institute for
              Learning and Development
       SchwabLearning.org
       Read this article at:
      http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=878
       ©2004 Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation

• Helping a Child Manage a Long-Term School Project
       By Katy Smith    -     SchwabLearning.org
       Read this article at:
      http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=493
       ©2002 Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation

• Parent's Top Tips for Helping a Discouraged Child
       By Robbie Fanning    -     SchwabLearning.org
       Read this article at:
      http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=1054
       ©2005 Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation