Smart Kids changed everything for us. Resources, events, community, support and hope. We are extremely grateful for all Jane and team's hard work.
My daughter had a stroke two days after she gave birth to my grandson. His development was a bit delayed but it was obvious even in preschool that he was very bright. We had him evaluated by several different programs, but we were still not able to get him much help for his dysgraphia and ADHD. Your nonprofit newsletter was a voice In the wilderness for us as we continue to advocate for his needs. Thank you and keep up the good work you do.!
As a parent of a son w/ dyslexia and add, I was glad to be introduced to smart kids by a friend and am now on their board. The SKLD web site and articles are so informative. I have referred many other friends to the web site and they often say how grateful they are and how helpful the site is.
As a tutor of children with dyslexia, I make sure that my students' parents know about Smart Kids With Learning Disabilities--I send them the link as soon as I start working with their child. It is an invaluable resource for my families!
Smart Kids With Learning Disabilities provides a website with information that is potent and almost indispensable for about 15% - 20% of parents if they hope to raise a successful child. This information is invaluable for parents raising a child with ADHD, dyslexia, or any of several other learning disabilities. The incidence of ADHD is about 10% of the population, and dyslexia has a similar incidence. Unfortunately, schools are designed appropriately for about 50% - 60% of the population, leaving the other children and their parents unsuccessful. The Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities website fills the gap by providing much needed information to parents of kids who as otherwise neglected by schools.
I am a learning disabilities consultant for an urban public school district. The Smart Kids With Learning Disabilities sites has helped me and the parents as well as the students that I service tremendously. I love the periodic newsletters I receive in my email letting me know of success stories, new programs/tools/strategies and new emerging research and/or reads. My parents, teachers and students have benefited greatly from the many strategies and new information I have gained from the site that I have turnkey for them. I highly recommend this site for anyone interested in learning about the disabilities covered under IDEA and strategies/recommendations to use when working with students/children with exceptional needs.
Not only do they publish an excellent newsletter that informs and inspires, but their free lectures are the best I've ever intended and provide information not readily available elsewhere. In this day and age, when the cuts to special education keep going deeper, this organization is needed now more than ever.
I have been involved with Smart Kids for 11 years. I joined when my then 7 year old son was struggling so badly in school that he would physically shake with anxiety, was unable to focus at all in school, was incapable of making friends. Because of the support I found in this organization, plus the invaluable and practical information it provided to me, my son is now attending a well-respected college and receiving straight A's! Smart Kids told me he could get there and without their support, I am not sure he would. Thank you Smart Kids!
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Volunteering for this organization has been very empowering in helping me realize that my son will be successful. I joined Smart Kids as a volunteer over 7 years ago when I thought my world was ending and my child was failing, and this organization buoyed me, supported me, educated me, and helped me to give my child the assistance he needed to be successful. Smart Kids is a community of parents willing to lend a shoulder or a hand, with tons of information on the website, newsletter, and through local programs to motivate parents to push schools to get support. Most importantly, it helps parents to believe in their children, which is the key factor to a child's success. My son is achieving A's and B's in High School, and I am sure its because Smart Kids helped me around the hurdles that were preventing his success.
As a parent of a child with ADHD, the amount of information available can be both overwhelming and lacking. Both the SKLD newsletters and website cut through the clutter and deliver high-quality and practical information that makes dealing with learning challenges a little bit easier.
I have found this organization to be so helpful as I have navigated life with two ADHD boys. Their articles are insightful and timely and their advice is practical. I highly recommend them to everyone I know who also has smart kids who struggle because of ADHD.
This is an awesome organization! I first saw their newsletter in a speech therapist office waiting room...Yes it was a paper copy then. I was amazed at how the articles were talking about MY son! I really thought no other child has his issues...what's wrong with my son. But here in black and white this newsletter was talking about the same issues my son struggled with. Each month when I got the newsletter in the mail I would drop what I was doing and read it front to back. It was a life saving resource and I do mean this literally! It changed my entire outlook and armed me with so many valuable resources. I can't say enough about them. Joanna Kline (son Jesse Kline was the 2007 Smart Kid Award Winner).
I have gotten a lot of useful information from the emails that are sent that include links to resources that I have used and have made a difference.
This organization has posted many articles that have helped me become more informed on being the best advocate I can be to help my child with learning disabilities and ADHD. Thank you.
My 8yr old son was diagnosed with non-verbal learning disorder earlier this year, and I was desperate to find any and all resources I could to learn more about how his brain works, how to communicate with others about NLD, and most importantly, how to help him. Smart Kids has been a wonderful resource for our family and his school, and one of the only resources I've found with targeted information about NLD. I have passed this website on to family members, other parents, and educators. Thank you for this comprehensive resource!
I teach technology and Engineering in middle school. I do not remember how long I have subscribed to SKWLD but it has been an invaluable tool to me and my student/parents. The information and research, have led me to many solutions in the classroom for my struggling students as well as my accomplished. One blog and e-news I will keep for years to come.
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Where do you go in a world of typical learners? This website has been a source of educational material as well as a location to read stories to know we are not alone on this atypical academic road. Start as early as you can and learn as much as you can so you can carry your "learning differenced " child to college and beyond
I love receiving the email newsletters from Smart Kids! I read it every time I get them and I share the information with my family and teachers. I have a son who has multiple learning disabilities and was diagnosed of ADHD at the age of 4. Since he started elementary school, he was also diagnosed with emotional disability, speech/language delay, sensory disability, and executive functioning disability.
When I first learned about my son’s diagnosis of ADHD, it was very overwhelming. I had no idea the magnitude of how ADHD and other learning disabilities can affect one’s life. I imagined that no matter how much I read about it and talked to teachers and parents who have gone through the same challenges, that there would be an easy fix. My son is now 7 years old and we are still continuing to see these challenges. It’s a lot better now than where we first started. Thanks to the support of Smart kids, family and friends, and teachers in our community.
Smart kids has been a huge impact on my life as I read the newsletters and visit the website often searching for answers and clarification. The information on the website is empowering and gives me hope that my son can excel in school and in life with his multiple disabilities. I’m not alone in this journey. I’m just one of many parents who have daily challenges. The website is a wonderful, smart, genius non-profit hub that I will continue to support as new information is always presented from a professional, educational, clinical, and research background that I respect.
I have taken so many notes from Smart kids and I appreciate very much what a great job you are all doing. Keep up the great work!
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