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What Does a Diagnosis of Dysgraphia Mean for Your Child?

Dysgraphia is “a disorder of writing ability at any stage, including problems with letter formation/legibility, letter spacing, spelling, fine motor coordination, writing, grammar, and composition,” affecting between 10% to 30% of children.

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How Do I Support My Child with Dyscalculia?

According to the American Psychiatric Association (2021), dyscalculia describes difficulties "learning number-related concepts or using the symbols and functions to perform math calculations.”

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What Parents Need to Know if Your Child is Diagnosed with an Auditory Processing Disorder

According ot the Mayo Clinic, Auditory Processing Disorder (APD), sometimes called Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD), is a type of hearing loss caused by something affecting the part of the brain that processes how you hear. It is not due to peripheral hearing loss or multilingualism.

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What Does It Mean If My Child Is Diagnosed with Memory or Processing Speed Challenges?

Processing speed is the pace at which a person is able to take in, understand, and respond to information (also called cognitive speed). Working memory is an executive function that plays a big role in how we process, use, and remember information on a daily basis.

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What Are Expressive/Receptive Language Disorders and How Do They Affect Learning?

There are many and varied speech and language difficulties. Those that emerge during childhood are termed Developmental Language Disorders (DLD) because they appear during the peak developmental years

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Understanding A Diagnosis of Non-Verbal Learning Disability

Non-verbal learning disability (NVLD) is a condition that involves difficulty processing visual-spatial information.