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This site is to help people affected by learning disabilities share their experiences. By sharing stories and reading about the journeys and opinions of others, we hope you will gain personal insight
Stuggling Students and Homework
What can you do as a parent to help your struggling child with homework. Reading expert and veteran educator, Sylvia Hannah weighs in with some great ideas in this two part series.
Part One: Some great basic ideas (Dec 7)
Part Two: All about organization and motivation! (Dec 14)
Defying Negative Expectations
In this lovely article, Kate Steidl shares how, as a mother, she was told consistently about what her son would not be able to do. She had faith, and her son has exceeded, in fact, blown away the naysayers who felt, “He will never be able to do that…” (Oct 5)
Talking Special Needs Network: The Inclusive Class
LDExperience editor, Kathryn Burke, was the first interviewee on the new radio program, The Inclusive Class: Talking Special Needs on September 9th! Check out the podcast of the interview at this link and take a moment to listen to some other wonderful shows.
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An Accidental Advocate!
We are delighted to report that Kathryn’s book, An Accidental Advocate, has been on the non-fiction best seller list for four weeks in different Canadian cities! Learn more about how to order this book about a mother’s journey with her exceptional son, and to see some reviews of the book. The book is also available in eBook format in a number of formats via Smashwords (ePub, Kindle – mobi, pdf, LRF). Click here to be redirected to the Smashwords site to download the book for your e-reader!
Watch the video book trailer profiling An Accidental Advocate: A Mother’s Journey with Her Exceptional Son.
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