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Learning disabilities are a wide set of developmental problems that affect the human brain's ability to receive, process, analyze, or store information. Learning disabilities often make it hard for students or other individuals to learn as quickly as someone who is not affected.  According to the experts – there are a number of “types” of learning disabilities and many affected individuals have more than one type.  Some learning disabilities can impact and interfere with the ability to concentrate or focus and in these people, the mind wanders.  In others, the opposite is true – that it is difficult for the mind to wander too much. Common learning disabilities are a difficulty for a student to read, write, spell, or solve math problems.


Learning Disorders - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Learning disorders are academic difficulties experienced by children and adults of average to above-average intelligence. People with learning disorders have difficulty with reading, writing, mathemag....

Dyslexia - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Dyslexia is a kind of learning disability noted for spatial reversals and shifts and is sometimes described as a neur...

Sensory Integration Disorder - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

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Feldenkrais - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

The Feldenkrais method is an educational system that allows the body to move and function more efficiently and comfor...

Auditory Integration Training - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Auditory integration training (AIT), is one specific type of music/auditory therapy based upon the work of French oto...

Behavioral Optometry - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

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The Art & Science of Music Therapy
The Art & Science of Music Therapy

Music Therapy is both an art and science. Learn about Berklee whose mission is to educate, train, and develop students to excel in music as a career. Students in the Music Therapy program learn to apply music's enormous force to improve the quality of life in individuals with special needs including children and adults with disabilities.

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Bend Oregon Dyslexia & Reading, Learning Disabiltiies Specialist: Reading, Spelling, Writing, Tutors, Central Oregon

Learning Disabilities – An Inside Look By Linda Balsiger, M.S., CCC-SLP Reprinted with permission from Central Oregon Family News Do children with learning disabilities have ...

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Memory and Learning By Linda Balsiger, M.S., CCC-SLP   What is the common denominator of all aspects of learning?  Information processing!  Memory is the mechanism through which...

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Is your child ready to learn to read? By Linda Balsiger, M.S., CCC-SLP If your child is entering first grade this fall, it is important that they have the basic skills needed for lea...

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Children who are having difficulty at home or at school really suffer. Their academic disabilities put them behind the school's learning schedule, so they are under constant pressure to perform ...

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Tutoring, Treatment, or “Wait and See”? By Linda Balsiger, M.S., CCC-SLP Reprinted with permission from Central Oregon Family News What is the best course of action when childre...

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