Imagine wanting to read a book to your children, but the letters won't line up on the page. Or, think about wanting to communicate something very important to someone, but regardless of how hard you try you cannot get the words out. These are two ways in which a learning disability impacts a person in his/her daily life.

A learning disability is a part of a person's neurological makeup. It affects every part of his/her life. This MAEPD online training will provide you with an introduction to learning disabilities. Because there are many diverse topics in the area of learning disabilities, this training has been developed to provide you with just the basics. There is a lot of information published in the area of learning disabilities, the identification of the disability, and successful strategies to enhance student performance in the classroom. Future trainings will address specific topics in some of these areas of learning disabilities.