Learning Disability and Therapy: You Shouldn't Have to Choose

Parent Choices for Struggling Teens weekly talk radio show speaks with Sanford Shapiro, Founder of Bend Learning Center.   You should not have to chose between learning disabilities or therapy.

“The trend we are starting to see and definitely what is needed is for schools and programs to integrate best practice interventions into both Learning Disability problems and Emotional/behavioral problems” said Learning Specialist and Educational Consultant Sanford Shapiro of Bend Oregon on Lon Woodbury’s Internet Talk Radio Show “Parent Choices for Struggling Teens on August 29th on LATalkRadio.

“Traditionally, schools and programs specialized in either Learning Disabilities or Emotional/Behavioral problems,” Shapiro continued, “despite research indicating that 60% of the young people in Treatment Centers for Emotional/Behavioral problems also had Learning Disabilities needing intervention.”

“When a student has specific processing problems leading to learning difficulties, there can be many potential causes,” said Shapiro, “including a brain-based learning disabilities, drug use, anxiety, ADHD , Autism Spectrum disorders or a combination of some of these. Negative Family dynamics can exacerbate any of these issues.”

“The job of a learning specialist is, through testing and observation, to understand the specific causes of the problem,” continued Shapiro, “which give enough information to determine exactly what kind of intervention will be most effective.”

“As an educational consultant I can also help guide the student into the necessary program for intervention,” concluded Shapiro, “when the problems are too severe to respond to personal sessions by me or another learning specialist consultant.”

To listen to the full radio show, go to www.LATalkRadio.com/.  

Lon Woodbury, MA, IECA, CEP is the owner/founder of Woodbury Reports Inc. and www.strugglingteens.com.   He has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984, and is the Host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens on LATalkRadio Mondays at 12:00 Noon, Pacific Time.

The Bend Learning Center is in Oregon and founded and owned by Sanford Shapiro, who has worked as a Learning Specialist and Educational Consultant for 25 years

Parent Choices for Struggling Teens is an internet talk radio show hosted by Lon Woodbury on www.LATalkRadio.comevery Monday noon PST. Each show has a guest(s) who is working on cutting edge methods and ideas to help struggling young people and their families. The archive of all the shows can be found at www.latalkradio.com/Lon.php.

Woodbury Reportswas founded in November 1989, by Lon Woodbury, MA, IECA, CEP, as an Independent Educational Consulting firm to help parents of teens making poor decisions select a private, parent choice program that would help return the family to normalcy.  Through interviews with parents, communication with professionals who know your child well, and then thoroughly researching viable options, we can help parents make the right choices that will help your child get back on the right path.  For more information about Woodbury Reports Inc., call 208-267-5550, or email to [email protected], or visit the web site www.strugglingteens.com.