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help the child achieve to the best of his or her ability. Also, get involved in your child's education. Ask your child's teachers what they do to help your child succeed. If your teacher is using current research, you should hear examples of explicit instruction, content enhancements, and learning strategies as the teachers are describing the ways they help your child.

If you are a parent with a child with learning disabilities, do not succumb to guilt by believing your child's disability could have been prevented had you done something different. The causes are hard to know, and children of all races, backgrounds, and education have exhibited signs of learning disabilities. Instead of reflecting or living in the past, the best strategy you can have is to live in the present and plan for the future. Make sure your child has the best education he or she can possibly have. This does not mean that you should send your child to the most expensive school you possibly can. Many public schools have exceptional teachers, and all must follow the federal law to provide all children with aide and extra instruction to give them the best education possible. This simply means that you have the right to get involved, ask questions, and demand the best for your child. As a special education teacher myself, I always welcome questions and suggestions from parents. In fact, I am excited by questions and suggestions. When parents, guardians, or family members, are involved in their child's education, I know this child has support on all sides, and this child has everything he or she needs to academically, emotionally, socially and, in all life's adventures, excel.

Source:

Heward, William L. (2003). Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education. (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.

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