Heard on The LDA Podcast We sit down with learning and behavior consultant Bev Johns to discuss the prevalence of mental health issues in individuals with learning disabilities, current mental health…
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Celebrating Young Advocates: Meet Jordan Greene!
Heard on The LDA Podcast Jordan Greene is a college freshman with ADHD, an author, motivational speaker, and an advocate for individuals with LD and ADHD. In middle school, Jordan saw…
Celebrating Young Advocates: Meet Aashna Shah!
Heard on The LDA Podcast Aashna Shah is a junior in high school, Miss Florida’s Outstanding Teen, an author of three books, a motivational speaker, and a passionate learning disability advocate.…
Dyslexia, Literacy, & Race
Heard on The LDA Podcast In this episode, LDA President Monica McHale-Small sits with special educator Dr. Lauren McClenney-Rosenstein to discuss the misidentification of learning disabilities in students of color, the…
Advocacy in Special Education: A Talk With an IEP Coach
Heard on The LDA Podcast “I had an IEP through high school and I really know the power of the special education system…And I feel like I’m living out the purpose…
Handwriting Instruction in the Digital Age
Heard on The LDA Podcast Dr. Nancy Cushen White, a clinical professor at UCSF and a certified instructor of teaching for the Slingerland Multisensory (Multimodal) Structured Language Approach, sits down to…
Key Conversations: Talking to Your Child About their LD
Heard on The LDA Podcast How can parents and educators talk to their child about their learning disability? Dr. Rebecca Rolland, a speech language pathologist and educator at the Harvard Graduate…
Early Identification and Evaluation
Heard on The LDA Podcast In this episode, Dr. Vincent Alfonso, psychologist and Professor in the School of Education at Gonzaga University, discusses why early, accurate identification is so important, what…
Discovering Dyscalculia with Laura Jackson
Heard on The LDA Podcast When Laura Jackson found her daughter had dyscalculia, she learned as much as she could about the SLD for six years. After her difficulty finding resources,…
Empowering Rebel Talent: A Talk with Denise Brodey
Heard on The LDA Podcast 2023 Harrison Sylvester Award winner Denise Brodey is an LD & ADHD advocate, author, senior contributor to Forbes writing about disability, equity, and inclusion, and the…
