Discovering+Hidden+Talents+in+the+Learning+Disabled+Child

Links to articles and webpages to help you discover the hidden talents in the learning disabled child.

=** Article: Health: Drawing on a hidden talent **= Joshua Whitehouse is attracting unprecedented attention for his talented artwork at the tender age of just 11 years old. Even more remarkable is the fact he's severely autistic. Andrew Davies talks to his mother Fiona.(Features) http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83907678.html **[|__Hidden Talents--Homepage__] [|This is the beginning of a new site aimed at helping people understand and respect individual differences, and helping parents and teachers discover and develop talents in children. http://members.shaw.ca/hidden-talents/index.htm] ** [|PBS Teachers Showcasing Strengths: Students in Early Childhood with Learning Disabilities] S tudents with learning disabilities are bright students with many talents. Too often these talents remain hidden, or even worse, smothered by a system that looks more at what they can't do than what they can do. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/earlychildhood/articles/showcasing.html [|Program helps unleash hidden talent in autistic kids - New Orleans News ...] Jefferson - The Jefferson Parish School System is expanding a program designed to bring autistic and learning disabled children out of their shells. Parents say it's made all the difference in children who could hardly communicate months ago, and the program is now getting national exposure as well. http://www.fox8live.com/news/local/story/Program-helps-unleash-hidden-talent-in-autistic/-rNjnvqR00-V3y6H5Jab6w.cspx

[|Gifted, But Learning Disabled: A Puzzling Paradox] How can a child learn and not learn at the same time? Why do some students apply little or no effort to school tasks while they commit considerable time and effort to demanding, creative activities outside of school? These behaviors are typical of some students who are simultaneously gifted and learning disabled. http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Gifted_but_Learning/ = Helping the Highly Gifted Achieve Their Dreams =

Celebrating Talents and Abilities of Highly Gifted Children and Adults
==**Diane Scanlon - I spent several years of my early life in the Retail Management circus. It wasn't until the birth of my only child that I would become interested in Highly Gifted Children. I became an expert in raising an exceptionally gifted child with a learning disability the hard way - by doing it! So, you might say I went to the school of hard knocks for my degree. And now that my son is full grown, I'm still here fighting for all of those precious little minds that continue to be ignored in our classrooms each and every year. http://www.dirhody.com/home.htm **== = Hidden Talents =

Despite programs aimed at gifted children, the system is still flawed, with many students falling through the cracks.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/education-news/hidden-talents/2006/02/24/1140670263609.html