Too little too late -- small garden hose for a big fire!

So much of what we do in special education has to do with being timely. The earlier we detect the learning problems, the earlier we can do something about it.

Unfortunately, early identification and intervention is much talked about and not practiced enough. A non-intrusive and fun screening done at our office which takes less than thirty minutes will often do the trick in detecting “at-risk” young children. This is why we offer School Readiness Screening so parents with young children entering kindergarten can have a chance to be alerted for possible learning problems.

The cost of the early screening is negligible when one considers how expensive LD intervention services can be. If parents allow learning problems to go unchecked, the cost at the end will be far greater. And I am talking about the social-emotional cost which cannot always be measured in financial terms. Many LD individuals suffer from having a low self-esteem as well as other social adjustment problems.

The earlier the LD student receives attention, the more likely the learning problems can be reduced so that they will not suffer unnecessarily.

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