The goals of LDAG are accomplished through education, advocacy and partnerships with other organizations whose objectives support children and adults with LD/ADHD. We work to:

  • Develop programs to advance parenting skills and understanding
  • Increase skills of parents and adults with LD/ADHD in improving their advocacy skills, effectiveness, and self-knowledge
  • Advocate for positive educational and other institutional change
  • Gain community awareness and acceptance by improving educations vocational and employment services and opportunities
  • Establish partnerships with community resources
  • Provide opportunities for related professionals to enhance their knowledge and skills in the evolving field of learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders.
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Testing for LD:
There are three areas of test that should be completed to identify a student's needs:

Educational testing:
Consists of I.Q testing, processing speed, reading comprehension, reading fluency, written expression, math fluency, achievement levels.
http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.aspx?r=863

Speech and Language evaluation:
Language is broken down into two areas, receptive and expressive language. Students with LD often have difficulty with both expressive and receptive language. There is a strong relationship between language and learning disabilities.
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/LBLD.htm
http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/speech

Occupational Therapy Evaluation:

Sample Letter to Request School Testing

DATE

Dear Special Education Director,

I am requesting a comprehensive educational
testing for my child __________________. I am
requesting testing in all areas of suspected
disability to include: reading comprehension,
reading fluency, processing, math fluency, written
expression, and (See highlighted note below).

I give the school full permission to test my child. I
am available to sign any consent forms the school
system may have, however the date on the
consent form will correspond with the date on this
letter. Please let me know if any additional
signature is needed.

With my request I understand that my child will
receive full testing and a meeting will be held
within 60 days. I request that I be provided the
results five days prior to the meeting and time be
allowed for me to ask any question or have the
testing explained by the evaluator.

Sincerely,

Name

Contact information (e-mail if possible)

NOTE *** (Parents, once you request comprehensive assessments, include any other areas of concern for comprehensive assessments-ex: if you suspect language processing is a problem, ask for a comprehensive speech and language assessment. If coordination and poor handwriting is a concern, ask for OT evaluation, auditory processing, ask for a CAP assessment, organization-sequencing, working memory as in solving problems etc -ask for an executive functioning assessment. If you suspect a need and don't know what to call it, state the problem documenting your concern and asking that the deficit be identified)

Adult ADD Support Group - Northwest Atlanta

Here's help and understanding about problems with
disorganization,time management, distractibility,
procrastination...

We meet from 7 to 9 PM on the 2nd Wednesday
of each month in Marietta at the offices of Parkaire
Consultants, Inc., 4939 Lower Roswell Road,
Marietta, GA. Just north of Sandy Springs in East Cobb.

Complete directions can be found at our website
www.AdultADDSupport.org

It's free.

A place where you can meet with people that know what you are feeling, understand what you are talking about, and can provide the support we all need.

Visit AdultADDSupport.org online,

call 678.560.6512 or 770.578.1519

or just drop in!

* Put a reminder in your Outlook to help you show up.

Parkaire Consultants, Inc
4939 Lower Roswell Rd. Ste. C-201
Marietta, 30068

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