Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a powerful tool for parents navigating special education. It can help explain complicated terms, summarize documents, organize timelines, and help parents prepare questions for IEP meetings. For many families, AI feels like an accessible way to better understand a complicated system.
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Since 1963 the Learning Disabilities Association has served as the premier resource for educators, counselors, attorneys, school psychologists, administrators, para-educators, researchers and other professionals, along with parents of children and adults who have learning disabilities. Our 64th International Conference will bring these audiences together to learn, discover, advocate and work to create awareness and new opportunities.
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Dr. Danielle M. Frith
Dr. Frith received her Ph.D. in special education from Temple University. Her dissertation was on administrator knowledge of early reading instruction. Her B.S. in special education is from Monmouth University, her master’s degree in special education is from Rider University, and her Learning Disabilities Teacher-Consultant post-master’s certification is from The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). Dr. Frith spent 14 years in the PK-12 public school sector, as a special education classroom teacher for five years and a Learning Disabilities Teacher-Consultant (LDT-C) for nine years, prior to transitioning to higher education
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Cognitive Control: ADHD and Dyslexia
Join us on April 30, 2025, 3:30pm ET, for Cognitive Control: ADHD and Dyslexia. Given the brain’s vertical organization, motor functioning is foundational for both brain development and cognitive control.…
Erin M. McDonough, Ph.D.
Dr. Erin McDonough is a licensed psychologist in New York and New Jersey. She earned her PhD in School Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and respecialized in Neuropsychology at the Fielding Graduate Institute.
The Enduring Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic about Educational Disruption
Some professionals are once again suggesting that specific learning disabilities (SLD) is no longer a useful construct and perhaps should be replaced or even eliminated altogether. he purpose of this commentary is to examine why we still need to identify students with SLD, explain the main characteristics of SLD, and make a few suggestions for the revision of SLD in the re-authorization of IDEA 2004.Â
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Since 1963 the Learning Disabilities Association has served as the premier resource for educators, counselors, attorneys, school psychologists, administrators, para-educators, researchers and other professionals, along with parents of children and adults who have learning disabilities. Our 62nd International Conference will bring these audiences together to learn, discover, advocate and work to create awareness and new opportunities.
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Become a Sponsor for LDACON61!
Since 1963 the Learning Disabilities Association has served as the premier resource for educators, counselors, attorneys, school psychologists, administrators, para-educators, researchers and other professionals, along with parents of children and adults who have learning disabilities. Our 61st International Conference will bring all of these audiences together in Orlando, Florida to learn, discover, advocate and work together to create awareness and new opportunities.
