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The High School Place is designed to provide you the information and resources you need to identify possible learning disabilities. In addition, you'll find information on organization, study skills, advocating for your child's rights, and effectively partnering with your child's school to provide the tools needed for academic success. It is critical that children with LD receive needed services and support in high school if they are going have a successful transition to college or a vocational school.

Please excuse us while this area is being developed. In the meantime, you may find the following articles of interest to you.

• Promoting Social Competence: The Role of the Parent

• Get Organized!
• Study Skills

• The World of Writing
  In a panic about that writing assignment? Don't worry. These printable articles and templates will help.

• Tips for Parents
• Talking to Your Child About Learning Disabilities
• The Journey of Adolescent Girls
• Parenting the Child with LD: Daughter Won't Follow the Rules
• The Challenges of Mothering and Fathering, Part I
• The Challenges of Mothering and Fathering, Part II
• Special Roles for Mothers of Children with Learning Disabilities
• The Importance of Fathers

• Don't Forget Your Child's Emotional Side
• A Relationship to be Concerned About: Stress and Students with Learning Disabilities
• Hopeless and Helpless: Why Children and Adolescents with ADHD and LD Become Depressed and What to Do About It
• Taming the Tiger: Helping Children with Anger Control
• Medication Treatment of Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents with Learning Disabilities, Part I
• Medication Treatment of Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents with Learning Disabilities, Part II

• Many Shades of Success: Other Views of Post-Secondary Options
  The transition of moving from the relative "cocoon" of high school to the world of work or a post-secondary placement can be overwhelming for a youth with LD. This new book can help.
• Transitional Skills for Post Secondary Success...Reflections for Students with Learning Disabilities
  planning "toolbox."

• Pathways to Success: College Students with Learning Disabilities
  Students with learning disabilities share strategies that have brought them success in college and graduate school. They discuss the realities of adjusting to the new academic challenges and to the differences in support services between post-secondary and high-school levels.
• Planning for Success: The College Application Process for Students with Learning Disabilities
  The college admission process can be a confusing and overwhelming experience for students with learning disabilities and their families. On the other hand, with careful planning, it can be an exciting and rewarding experience resulting in a happy match between the student and school. In this video, you will view early planning, college visits and interviews, the application and essay, as well as how to choose the best college.

• ldyellowpages.org (paid listings for evaluators, therapists, coaches and other service providers)
• Learning Disability Links on the Web