Useful Links

www.ldonline.com
The world's leading web site on learning disabilities and ADHD, serving more than 250,000 parents, teachers, and other professionals each month.

www.schwablearning.org
Schwab Learning is a nonprofit program of the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation, a private foundation. Our mission is to provide information and inspiration for families whose children struggle with learning and attention problems. Schwab Learning’s goal is to help transform, for good, the lives of a significant share of American children who struggle with learning and attention. Given accurate information and support, parents and kids can bring about positive and dramatic changes in their lives. By focusing on a child’s strengths while addressing his challenges, every child can experience success in learning and life.

www.uniquelygifted.org
Welcome to Uniquely Gifted - a collection of resources for families with gifted/special needs children and professionals who work with them.

www.neurolearning.com
Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide have a national referral practice specializing in 'Neurolearning'. Their new book, The Mislabeled Child is published with Hyperion Books. They are strong advocates for neurologically-based approaches to learning and learning differences. The Eides are on international and national professional advisory boards for organizations such as SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) and the American Occupational Therapy Association.

www.wrightslaw.com
At Wrightslaw.com, our mission is to provide parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys with accurate, up-to-date information about special education law and advocacy so they can be effective catalysts.

http://vitallinks.net
Founded by Sheila M. Frick, OTR, Vital Links is an AOTA-approved provider of continuing education opportunities that incorporate Therapeutic Listening®, vestibular habilitation, and core development. The primary objective of all Vital Links courses is to provide innovative clinical tools and strategies that can be immediately implemented upon course completion in schools, clinics, and homes. Courses are offered throughout the United States and in other countries as well.

www.allkindsofminds.org
All Kinds of Minds is a non-profit Institute that helps students who struggle with learning measurably improve their success in school and life by providing programs that integrate educational, scientific, and clinical expertise.

http://www.hoagiesgifted.com/
Hoagies' Gifted Education Page offers resources, articles, books and links for parents, educators, counselors, administrators, kids/ teens, and other professionals. 

http://www.additudemag.com/additude.asp
Welcome to ADDitude Online: Information and inspiration for adults and children with ADHD and learning disabilities since 1999.

http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/
Although recently reminded that there is no oasis or paradise for those with Asperger Syndrome, we sincerely hope that they, along with parents and professionals, will find a bit of shade and support via the information presented and links available at this site.

http://www.ncld.org/
The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) works to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents and adults with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work and life.

http://www.dyspraxia.org.nz/how_teach.htm
Developmental Dyspraxia (DD) is a neurologically based impairment or immaturity of the organisation of movement. Associated with this may be problems of language, perception and thought. Affected children have a normal intelligence for their age but may have difficulty in both processing information and in communicating what they know or understand. It affects each child differently, therefore each child's difficulties are unique to him/her.

http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2640.htm
Definition of Motor Skills Disorder, another name for Developmental Dyspraxia.

http://www.earobics.com/parents/
If a child is not able to read by the end of third grade, the odds are great that he or she will never catch up. And the effects of falling behind can be devastating. Earobics is a powerful multisensory reading intervention solution for raising academic achievement and empowering school districts, principals and teachers to strengthen and rejuvenate their reading curriculums to meet the needs of diverse student populations. It enables the teacher to take a different approach to critical learning objectives — and ignite a spark in children who are most in need — that builds confidence for years to come.

LOCAL LINKS

www.bigdogtkd.com
Big Dog Tae Kwon Do is a family oriented martial arts school dedicated to making West Michigan families healthier, safer, and stronger. We offer a unique opportunity for individuals, families, couples, parents, children, and teens to have fun, get fit, and learn self defense skills. Our family program allows parents and their children to experience the benefits of exercise together!

http://www.thegraycenter.org
The Gray Center For Social Learning and Understanding is a non-profit organization dedicated to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and those who work alongside them to improve mutual understanding. We approach the social impairment in ASD as a shared impairment. We work to improve social understanding on both sides of the social equation, helping both persons with ASD and those who interact with them to be able to communicate more effectively.