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  • Educators find ADHD increasing: A wealth of resources to help students

    10 children in classroom, 3 with arm raised

    Most educators would agree that ADHD, or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, is one of the top conditions they see their students grappling with. The numbers have been increasing steadily: While 2019 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found nearly 10% of children and teens ages 3 to 17 had been diagnosed with ADHD, that share is expected to grow as many students coped with situations during quarantines that exacerbated their condition — or revealed it for the first time.

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  • Navigating Dyslexia: Learning my student’s path

    by Tina Eichstadt, MS CCC-SLP, speech-language pathologist and senior product manager for Pearson

    Jessica Stillman Lloyd, proposal analyst on Pearson’s Clinical Assessment team, celebrates the wins with her son, Mitch, pictured here, who has dyslexia.

    Navigating the journey of dyslexia has its hills and valleys. Jessica Stillman Lloyd, proposal analyst on Pearson’s Clinical Assessment team, celebrates the wins with her son, Mitch, who has dyslexia.
     

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