What does LD mean?
A learning disability is a learning difference. Some kids are great in math – but have trouble reading. Some kids are talented in art or athletics, but have to work very hard in school. LD kids do learn, but maybe in a different ways. LD kids are not dumb or lazy. Why are kids LD? No one knows for sure. Everyone is different. Everyone is good at some things and not good at other things. No one is good at everything. LD kids have trouble with reading, writing, math, or with understanding things they hear. Because you do these things often in a school day, school is hard for LD kids. How do you find out if you are LD? If a student is having a lot of trouble in school, the teacher may talk to the child’s parents. If the parents agree, the child might be tested. A few people who work at the school will give the child some tests. The tests will check to see what kind of learner the student is and how he is doing in reading, writing, math, speaking and listening. The school psychologist will
