The Learning Disabilities Association of America believes that every person with learning disabilities can succeed in school, at work, in relationships, and within the community when provided the right supports and the right opportunities.
Committed to the study of learning disabilities through all stages of life, this journal provides the most current information on research, practice, theory, issues, and trends to broaden understanding and improve quality of life.
That’s right – we’re heading back to Orlando and looking for amazing speakers for the 57th Annual International Conference. Click the link to get your submission in before the May 1, 2019 deadline! We’ll see you in Orlando!
Learning Disabilities Association of America created the Healthy Children Project to raise awareness, promote policies and practices, and to build a nationwide network of LDA members to protect children’s health and reduce toxic exposures.
Sen. Udall, Senate Leaders Introduce Bill to Ban Chlorpyrifos Nationwide
MEDIA CONTACT: Maureen Swanson, Healthy Children Project Director, Learning Disabilities Association of America, 724.813.9684 Sen. Udall, Senate Leaders Introduce Bill to Ban Chlorpyrifos Nationwide Legislation endorsed by Learning Disabilities Association of America, one of the plaintiffs fighting Chlorpyrifos in the courts Washington, DC (March 28, 2019) – A day after President Trump’s EPA once again argued for delaying its own ban of chlorpyrifos in court, Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) introduced the Protect Children, Families and Farmworkers from Nerve Agent Pesticides Act, legislation that would ban the dangerous chemical. The Learning Disabilities Association of America calls on Congress to act swiftly to pass… Read More »
LDA Applauds Bipartisan Bills to fully fund IDEA
For decades a LDA legislative priority has been the full funding of IDEA. LDA wants to recognize and applaud Senators Van Hollen (D-MD) and Roberts (R-KS) and Representative Huffman (D-CA), Senate and House bill sponsors, as well as their co-sponsors, who have just introduced bipartisan bills to fully fund the IDEA (S. 866 and H.R. 1878). Call or email your Senators and your Representative. Tell them you are a constituent and a member of the Learning Disabilities Association of America, and that you support these bills! If your senators and representative have not yet signed on as co-sponsors, ask them… Read More »
LDA Condemns Fraud in College Admissions Testing Accommodations
Pittsburgh, PA, March 12, 2019. Today the FBI announced an investigation, code-named Operation Varsity Blues, that uncovered a network of wealthy parents who paid thousands of dollars to a college-admissions private counselor to boost their children’s chances of gaining entrance into elite colleges. The U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Andrew Lelling stating, “There can be no separate college admission for wealthy, and I will add there will not be a separate criminal justice system either.” The investigation also revealed that the counselor facilitated the cheating by instructing parents “to seek extended time for their children on college entrance exams, which included having the… Read More »
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Tourette Syndrome Camping Organization
A summer for option for children with Tourette Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Tourette Syndrome Camp USA 26th season will run from Sunday, June 23 till Saturday June 29, 2019 at YMCA Camp Duncan Near Fox Lake Illinois.(35 miles north of Chicago, Illinois). The cost is $670, Financial aid is available.
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Workload and a better work/life balance are the main reasons teachers leave or consider leaving the profession within 10 years, a new survey of 1,200 teachers finds. The nature not the quantity of the workload, with its emphasis on accountability and performance, was the crucial factor in decisions to leave.
Almost half of new teachers consider leaving within 10 years, according to new study
sciencedaily.com
Workload and a better work/life balance are the main reasons teachers leave or consider leaving the profession within 10 years, a new survey of 1,200 teachers finds. The nature not the quantity of the workload, with its emphasis on accountability and performance, was the crucial factor in decisions....A few years ago, Amy Lopes, a veteran fifth-grade teacher in Providence, Rhode Island, learned that teachers at her school could try a mindfulness and yoga training along with their students. Her immediate reaction: "What a bunch of baloney!" "I said, 'OK, I'll try it, but it's not going to work,'" recalled Lopes, who teaches at the William D’Abate Elementary School. "But, within a couple weeks, I just let go and became a learner along with my students, and my whole world has changed."
hechingerreport.org
High stress among teachers has sparked resilience training exercises but some educators worry the push for resilience lets a broken system off the hook.Writing is more important than ever, but many of today's students are lousy at it. John Warner has some ideas about why that is, and how to fix it. Warner has been teaching writing at colleges for more than 20 years. And he's written two books on the topic, including his most recent, called "Why They Can't Write." Part of the problem, he says, is technology. In some cases the very technologies that were intended to improve writing, like automatic-essay grading software, have backfired by encouraging a kind of paint-by-numbers approach to writing.
Why Students Can’t Write — And Why Tech Is Part of the Problem - EdSurge News
edsurge.com
Writing is more important than ever, but many of today’s students are lousy at it. John Warner has some ideas about why that is, and how to fix it. ...Susan Curtis, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "I remember from my days in New Hampshire that spring brought mud season, complete with bumpy frost heaves rippling across rural roads as the ground thawed. Then came black fly season that drifted into June, well beyond the last snows of May. As the bright blue skies of summer finally arrived, we were ready to embrace the outdoors."
Make the last weeks of school count
middleweb.com
The clock is ticking. What can you and your students accomplish in these last few weeks? Educators share their strategies for aligning learning with fun.
