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Burenkova, Olga V, et al. “Stress in the Onset and Aggravation of Learning Disabilities.”

Developmental Review, vol. 61, 2021, doi:10.1016/j.dr.2021.100968. Accessed July 17,

2021.

“Health & Wellness Activities for Kids.” Health Powered Kids, 23 Apr. 2021, healthpoweredkids.org/.

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Photo and bar graph created by Kathryn Francis

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Read more about specific learning differences at: https://sites.ed.gov/osers/category/learning-disability/
Wellness activities for students to reduce stress:
https://healthpoweredkids.org

(Importance of terminology) Learning difference and learning disability mean the same thing. I chose to use difference mostly because it breaks the stigma that having an LD makes you less intellectual in any capacity.

Opening conversations can be a great way to destigmatize disability in general.

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(This bar graph shows the positive growth of students in the public school system who receive services related to specific learning disabilities.)

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Why is it Important to Acknowledge and Support Children with Learning Disabilities?

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Why is it Important to Acknowledge and Support Children with Learning Disabilities?

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There is an ever-growing population of students diagnosed with a learning difference in the American school system.

These children are at a greater risk of stress and anxiety as a result of their LD. (Burenkova et al.)

School can be a significant stressor: using skills to reduce the pressure put on by the current curriculum and having teachers be patient with students can help.

There needs to be more tools taught early in school to help students and those silently struggling with learning differences. Using things like mindfulness exercises and showing the many ways of learning can help. This change would help reduce stress and normalize having an LD.

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Learning disabilities are "characterized by persistent and impairing difficulties in learning foundational academic skills in reading, writing, and/or math" (American Psychiatric Association qt. in Burenkova et al. 2)

Anyone can be diagnosed with a learning disability. There is a wide range of learning differences, and they can present in many different ways.