Developmental Signs and Medical Conditions which create a risk for subsequent Learning Disabilities

• A family history of learning disabilities
  
  

• Speech and language delay
  
  

• Recurrent, chronic Otitis media
  
  

• Fine & gross motor delays
  
  

• Maternal substance abuse during pregnancy, such as smoking, alcohol use and cocaine use
  
  

• Seizure disorders
  
  

• Cancer survivors after high dosages of CNS radiation
  
  

• Low birth weight
  
  

• Cord around the neck
  
  

• Jaundice
  
  

• Central nervous system infection, such as encephalitis or meningitis
  
  

• Lead poisoning
  
  

• Tourette Syndrome
  
  

• Viral, bacterial or genetic injuries
  
  

• Low birth weight
  
  

• Congenital hypothyroid syndrome
  
  

• Attention deficit disorders
  
  

• Problems with socialization
  

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In the News

Does Your Child Have a Learning Difference?
According to a 2003 Abell Foundation report, 20 percent of grade school students have some form of a learning difference. In minority and underserved populations, there is a greater likelihood the learning disability is undiagnosed and untreated. This is a tremendous factor in academic success and failure.

Keeping Special Ed on the Radar
On a Friday afternoon in late September, with the nation riveted on Hurricane Rita, the New York City Department of Education quietly released the Hehir report, an independent evaluation of the city's special education system. From the city's news release, things sounded terrific. Time to celebrate? Not for anyone who looked beyond the news release.

ADD Test Methods Questioned
A popular tool to diagnose attention deficit disorder, or ADD, may fail to identify children in need of treatment, according to a new study. Dr. Andrew Adesman, chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at Schneider Children's Hospital in New Hyde Park, noticed that the popular short version of the Conner's' Rating Scales, a psychiatric questionnaire filled out by a child's parents and teachers, misses almost half of the children with symptoms of inattention if they don't also exhibit hyperactivity and impulsivity.

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