We’re reaching out on behalf of the Ad Council and Understood.org with tips and resources to help you and your kids prepare for success next fall.
Did your child struggle during the school year? Did your child have trouble paying attention, having conversations or finishing projects? Is reading, writing or math a struggle? These behaviors and challenges may be due to an undiagnosed learning or attention issue. And you aren’t alone.
One in five children struggles with issues related to reading, math, writing, focus, and organization, yet many children with learning and attention issues do not have a diagnosis. The adults in their lives often have a hard time understanding their issues due to misconceptions and a lack of information and resources. As a result, children with learning and attention issues often face both academic and social challenges, such as:
Only 68% of students with learning issues graduate with a regular high school diploma.
55% of students with learning and attention issues have had some type of involvement with the criminal justice system within eight years of leaving high school.
Contrary to what many people believe, there is no correlation between learning and attention issues and IQ. With the right strategies and support, these children can succeed in the classroom—and outside of it too.
That’s why I’m reaching out to you on behalf of the Ad Council and Understood.org, a free, one-stop, easy-to-use online resource and community designed to help parents of children with learning and attention issues.
Understood offers resources and support to parents at all stages of this journey – those who don’t yet know why their child is struggling, as well as to those who have been on this journey for years. Summer can be especially challenging for kids with learning and attention issues because of the change in routine, new social situations, and unusual environments. That’s why resources like Understood.org can be so helpful – for example helping kids tackle the unique challenges of Events and Outings or creating new routines in your daily summer activities can be the difference between surviving or thriving this summer!
Visit Understood.org to experience “Through Your Child’s Eyes,” a series of interactive simulations and videos that enable parents to experience firsthand how seemingly simple tasks become complicated when seen through the eyes of a child with reading, writing, math, organization or attention issues.
The You & Your Family section helps families with practical solutions and advice for social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. Having the gift of extra time with your child over the summer means the opportunity to prepare them for the coming school year, as well as engaging in fun family activities.
Communication is key to working with children with attention issues. Check out this video to help you understand the frustration children might experience in school when struggling to communicate:
Additional Resources:
Signs of learning and attention issues
Take These Interactive Quizzes
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“Contrary to what many people believe, there is no correlation between learning and attention issues and IQ. With the right strategies and support, these children can succeed in the classroom—and outside of it too.” <— YES YES YES!!!!!! And every child is different!! I just love this and love what they do!! So amazing!! I wish I could hug them through the computer!!
Glad you feel the love Amber!
Wow never really thought of this before. Both my older children have always been above average and A-B students even struggling with both of them having ADHD. This is great information.
My middle son has adhd at 7 years old. I will definitely being checking out that website. Thanks so much for posting this.
Love this post!
Thanks for sharing this info I know this site will be beneficial to my daughter.
great read! i have 6 children and yes they are all different
This is awesome I have a sister who is misunderstood and struggled in school. This is awesome!
my daughter doesn’t have any of these issues, but as a former teacher, i know many children do. in my experience, this article is correct that parents and children need to be heard and have access to all kinds of resources. the resource that helps one family may not help another, so it is important to have many! “it takes all kinds” as the saying goes…
I have a grandson who is adhd, but it doesn’t matter I love them all the same, and anyone of them knows they can talk to nana about anything.. and they do
Very interesting and must read for parents!
I am so glad to hear that such a place as Understood.org exist. What a great tool for parents to have to better equip them to help there child This should be a mandatory course for all teachers. Thank you Heather for sharing this with us.