Did you know?

About 80% of LLC students have learning difficulties. Learning disabilities or difficulties include:

• dyslexia
• auditory, visual and information processing difficulties.
• attention difficulties
• sensitivity to light
• rehabilitation traumas
• emotional problems
• brain injuries
• the difficulties of living in transition

What works

Following the recommendations of the National Institute for Literacy and the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, we offer students:

• No wait to start their program.
• In-depth orientation which includes an assessment, feedback, and scheduling session for all students.
• Identification of learning barriers through assessments in reading and math; vision, hearing, attention, and sensitivity to light.
• Extensive student interviews: Learning challenges feedback helps students develop strategies, identify goals and plan learning.
• Structured multi-sensory instruction for students with low literacy skills.
• Metacognitive skill building to help students "learn to learn" & plan tasks. This is a re-wiring of the brain's information processing systems!
• Collaborative group learning to keep students focused.
• A safe, community atmosphere!

Resources

Learning disabilities general information

• LD Online
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• All Kinds of Minds
• Institute for Learning Innovation

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

• Attention Deficit Disorder Assocation
• ADD and Loving It- 
• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
• Portland Metro CHADD

Dyslexia And Attention Deficit/Hiberactivity Disorder

• Headstrong: Inside the Hidden World of Dyslexia and Attention Deficit Disorder

Americans with Disabilities Act

• U.S. Department of Justice ADA