Health and Medical Guide to Children and Adolescent Health Learning Disorders Health information topics about Learning Disorders: Adults 1. Living with LD (Learning Disabilities) : For Adult National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ld.org/livingwithld/adults_home.cfm Children 1. Kids with Dyslexia Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/learning/dyslexia.html 2. JAMA Patient Page: Reading Disorder American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ5Y2FLKTD&sub_... 3. Learning Disabilities Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/learning_problem/learning_disabil... Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Dyslexia National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D004410&recruiting... 2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Learning Disorders National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D007859&recruiting... Coping 1. LD (Learning Disabilities) on the Job National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ld.org/livingwithld/ldonjob_home.cfm 2. Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/learning/iep.html Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Basics for Parents: Your Child's Evaluation National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/basicpar/bp1txt.htm 2. Do I Have LD (Learning Disabilities)? National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ld.org/livingwithld/doihaveld_home.cfm 3. Diagnosing and Treating Learning Disabilities American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZFP21YQ7C&sub_... Directories 1. Resource Locator National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ld.org/LDInfoZone/InfoZone_ResourceLocator.cfm Genetics 1. Genetics Home Reference: Triple X syndrome National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=triplexsyndrome 2. Genetics Home Reference: 47,XYY syndrome National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=47xyysyndrome Law and Policy 1. Disabilities That Qualify Infants, Toddlers, Child National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/genresc/gr3.htm 2. Living with LD (Learning Disabilities): Legal Righ National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ld.org/livingwithld/legal_home.cfm 3. Learning Disabilities and the Law After High Schoo Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities, WETA http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/legal_legislative/latham_ld.html National Institutes of Health 1. Learning Disabilities National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/learningdisabilities/learningdisabilitie... Organizations 1. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and S http://www.ninds.nih.gov/ 2. LD Online Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities, WETA http://www.ldonline.org/ 3. National Dissemination Center for Children with Di http://www.nichcy.org/ 4. National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ld.org/ 5. Learning Disabilities Association of America http://www.ldanatl.org/ Overviews 1. Learning Disabilities National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs7txt.htm 2. Learning Disabilities: Information, Strategies &am Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities http://www.ldonline.org/ccldinfo/ 3. What You Should Know about Learning Disabilities ( National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ld.org/LDInfoZone/InfoZone_FactSheet_LD_QuickLook.cfm 4. LD (Learning Disabilities) at a Glance National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ld.org/LDInfoZone/InfoZone_FactSheet_LD.cfm Related Issues 1. Questions Often Asked by Parents about Special Edu National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/ideapubs/lg1txt.htm Research 1. Learning New Rules about the "Primitive&a National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/News_article_brain_l... 2. Imaging Study Reveals Brain Function of Poor Reade National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/apr2004/nichd-19.htm Specific Conditions 1. Language-Based Learning Disabilities American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/Language-Based-Learning-Disabil... 2. Information Processing Disorders (Visual and Audit National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ld.org/LDInfoZone/InfoZone_FactSheet_InformationPD.cfm 3. Gerstmann's Syndrome National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/gerstmanns/gerstmanns.htm 4. Reading and Learning Disabilities National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs17txt.htm 5. Dyspraxia: Learning Disabilities and Motor Skills National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ld.org/LDInfoZone/InfoZone_FactSheet_Dyspraxia.cfm 6. Dyscalculia: Learning Disabilities in Mathematics National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ld.org/LDInfoZone/InfoZone_FactSheet_Dyscalculia.cfm 7. Dysgraphia National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dysgraphia/dysgraphia.htm 8. Dyslexia National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dyslexia/dyslexia.htm 9. Dyslexia Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00224 Statistics 1. LD (Learning Disabilities) Fast Facts National Center for Learning Disabilities http://ncld.org/LDInfoZone/InfoZone_FactSheetUpdate04.cfm Teenagers 1. Study Skills National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ld.org/livingwithld/teens_building_study.cfm 2. Tips for College Bound High School Students with D Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities, WETA http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/transition/college_tips.html 3. Understanding Dyslexia Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/learning/dyslexia.html 4. Understanding Strengths & Challenges National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ld.org/livingwithld/teens_future_understand.cfm   Pediatrics / Children's Health News From Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Florida Company Smart Nutra Inc. Makes Breakthough Advancement In The Treatme... 29 Jul 2010 at 7:00am According to Smart Nutra Inc., there were 6-12 million outbreaks of head lice reported in the United States this year. Large outbreaks of louse infestations have also been reported from all over the world including Israel, Denmark, Sweden, U.K., France and Australia. 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