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celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 3 Apr 17

Here it is the first full week of April. Josh actually made it out to the bus. Nearly gave his mother and I conniption fits however. He loves to wait until the very last minute and then blames his mom for not waking him up sooner....

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Teenagers!!

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 2 Aug 16

So I live with my daughter and grandson. She asked me several years ago to help her raise her son and I committed to do so. She is bi-polar and has a slight learning disability due to the ambilical cord being wrapped around her...

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Being Thankful For My Daughter's Growth

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 18 Feb 16

I sometimes marvel at how much my daughter has grown over the last few years. She was born with the cord wrapped around her neck several times. She has a learning disability that is slight enough we hadn't been able to get her...

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assements make me nervous

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 22 Sep 11

As some of you know my eldest (9yrs) is dyslexic and possibly ADD (unmedicated, as dyslexics mimic ADD). Well my middle (6yrs)is having her 3yr assessment done because of having an IEP (Individual Education Plan) for speech. Now...

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tear jerking progress report

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 19 Jul 11

My eldest who's 8 is dyslexic. She's been receiving speech services since she was 3, she did not talk much til she was 4. She was officially made LD Dec 2009 as her reading and math skills were not keeping pace with classmates....

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Testing in an adult for a possible learning disability

kitttenskysong @kitttenskysong (676) • United States 3 Feb 11

I am trying to find out if it possible to test an adult for a learning disability that may have been missed as a child. I am at a loss where even to start looking. I have googled and yahooed both learning disability testing for...

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Bone Chilling Read

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 12 Jan 11

I just read something that chilled me to my core. ~ "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" is an essay written by Amy Chua claiming hyper strict Chinese mothers are superior to other mothers. Other mothers include Western mothers...

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Teaching an old dog NEW TRICKS!!! :-))))))

Elizabeth White @Masihi (4413) • Canada 10 Jan 11

I have to say I am quite excited. You know the saying "You can't teach an old dog new tricks"? Well, I finally got to disprove that in my husband. In an earlier discussion I mentioned that I was able to get Hubby to do...

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new probable diagnosis

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 13 Sep 10

You know I spent all summer dying for it to be fall again so my house would be somewhat quiet & peaceful. Well I'm changing my opinion on that well kinda. I had a brief meeting w/ DD1's regular teacher and then her LD teacher...

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How do they figure out when some one has dyslexia?

moonlitmagikchild @moonlitmagikchild (22181) • United States 16 Feb 09

do they just notice the way the person is spelling or writing out things? is it possible to have such a mild case it not go noticed or diagnosed? i have never known anyone in real life that is dyslexic but i know i read that...

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preemie, baby, speech delay

mescue @mescue (64) • United States 4 Jul 08

So here's my question. Does anyone have a child with learning disabilities due to being a premature baby? The reason I ask is that I have a two year old who is not talking as much as she should be (according to her pediatrician)....

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SLOW learner kid.

simple_butterfly @simple_butterfly (478) • Philippines 5 Jun 07

How do you handle this situation? I have a friend who's child is a slow learner at his age. He is now in a 2nd grade school but had a hard time reading 2 syllable word. Everytime his mother teach him she would hit him because of...

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When someone says "learning disability" what does that mean to you?

mytwo_daughters @mytwo_daughters (2663) • United States 15 Feb 07

does it mean that it's a disability and no matter what you do, you can't change it? does it mean, work harder? does it mean it is something that can change over time? Tell me your opinions. thanks

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