Areas of Specific Learning Disability Are:

• Oral expression.
• Listening comprehension.
• Written expression.
• Basic reading skill.
• Reading fluency skills.
• Reading comprehension.
• Mathematics calculation.
• Mathematics problem solving

General Information

International Dyslexia Association and New Hampshire Branch of the International Dyslexia Association - resources for language based learning disabilities

Florida Center for Reading Research - Reading Research

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities - Learning Disabilities

National Institute for Child Health and Development - Reading Research

Frequently Asked Questions about Curriculum-Based Measurement - Reading - National Center on Student Progress Monitoring

Free publications on dyslexia, dysgraphia, spelling, and other information - International Dyslexia Association

Frequently Asked Questions about Curriculum Based Measurement - Mathematics - by National Center on Student Progress Monitoring

Questions to Ask - These questions were compiled through a collaborative effort by parents, educational consultants, teachers, professors from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Charlotte, and staff from the Exceptional Children's Assistance Center. Funding for these documents was provided by The North Carolina State Improvement Project, Public Schools of North Carolina, Exceptional Children Division
Questions Parents Can Ask about Reading Improvement
Questions Parents Can Ask about Spelling, Writing, and Testing

Guidelines for Assessing the Functional Capacities of an Individual with Specific Learning Disabilities to Determine Significance of Disability for Order of Selection Purposes- OSERS Voc. Technical Assistance Circular - JAN. 10, 2005



Dyslexia - Reading (decoding) Problems

Phonemes (speech sounds) here

Dysgraphia - Grapho-motor - Handwriting problems

Grapho-motor and writing - Center for Development and Learning

What is Dysgraphia? - Margaret J. Kay, Ed.D.

Dysgraphia - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Dysgraphia - Information flyer by the International Dyslexia Association

Dysgraphia Accommodations and Modifications - LDonline

Dysgraphia Fact Sheet

The 90-Minute Dysgraphia Evaluation - by Steven G. Feifer, Ed.S, NCSP, and Philip A. Defina, Ph.D., ABPdN

Reading

Children of the Code - website - interviews with leading reading researchers and educators

Spelling (encoding)

English Spelling: Making Sense of a Seemingly Chaotic Writing System - by Heather Hayes, Brett, Kessler, and Rebecca Treiman - Reprinted with permission from the International Dyslexia Association quarterly periodical Perspectives, Summer 2005.

Spelling Instruction: Foundation of Reading and Ornament of Writing - by Susan Carreker -
Reprinted with permission from the International Dyslexia Association quarterly periodical Perspectives, Summer 2005.

How Children Learn to Spell - by Louisa Moats - Reprinted with permission from the International Dyslexia Association quarterly periodical Perspectives, Summer 2005.

Spelling Instruction in the Upper Grades: The Etymology/Morphology Connection - by Marcia Kierland Henry - Reprinted with permission from the International Dyslexia Association quarterly periodical Perspectives, Summer 2005.

Spelling: Assessment and Instructional Recommendations - by R.M. Joshi and P.G. Aaron - Reprinted with permission from the International Dyslexia Association quarterly periodical Perspectives, Summer 2005.

Written Expression
The "Write Stuff" for Preventing and Treating Writing Disabilities - by Virginia Berninger, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Washington at Seattle