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LD OnLine Report May 2005

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Greetings,

May 2005

This Month's Focus:

Speech and Hearing.

The LD OnLine Report offers news about learning

disabilities and about the latest events on our Web site. LD OnLine and The LD

OnLine Report are made possible in part by generous support from mood-Bell

Learning Processes and The Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation.

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FOCUS: Speech and Hearing

May is Speech and Hearing Month.

Speech and language difficulties are often the

first signs that parents and teachers notice which indicate that a child might

have a learning problem. Although many people think that speech and language

difficulties result in children not pronouncing words correctly (articulation),

articulation difficulties are only one of many speech and language problems that

an individual can have. As children grow older, expressive and receptive

language difficulties affect all academic areas, as well as social situations.

This month & apos;s focus is Speech and Language

disabilities and includes articles for parents and teachers about speech and

language disabilities in children.

a.. Nurturing Oral Language Skills in Infants

and Young Children

b.. Early Identification of Speech-Language

Delays and Disorders

c.. Late Blooming or Language Problems

d.. Milestones in Speech and Language

e.. The Relationship Between Language and

Learning Disabilities

f.. Thinking with Language, Images, and

Strategies: language disabilities in the classroom

LEGAL BRIEFS FROM MATT COHEN:

Cohen, Esq. is co-founder of the law firm

Monahan & Cohen Attorneys at Law and is well known for his work in special

education law and has extensive experience in health care and mental health law.

Matt Cohen will answer your questions in his Legal Briefs column. Write to Matt

Cohen with questions regarding legal issues for people with learning

disabilities.

ASK DR. SILVER:

Dr. Larry Silver answers questions from parents

and professionals about LD and ADHD. Dr. Silver is the past President of the

Learning Disabilities Association (LDA) and a child and adolescent psychiatrist

in private practice in the Washington, DC area specializing in treating LD

and/or ADHD. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at town University

Medical Center.

Dr. Silver & apos;s advice column was recently

honored by the Child & Family Web Guide.