Homeschooling Children with Learning Disabilities & Overcoming Struggles

Whether you’re getting starting to homeschool your children with learning disabilities or your child is in public school—you’re in the right place. You may need to choose curriculum, be struggling with your child’s reading challenges, working on your child’s IEP, or trying to better understand how your child learns, but what ever is needed by parents for meeting the needs of children with learning disabilities, there’s a LOT here to help you!

This Site Provides Help for Parents Dealing with:

  • dyslexia
  • ADHD
  • slow processing speed
  • reading difficulties
  • writing problems
  • memory challenges
  • IEP frustrations
  • school anxiety
  • homeschooling overwhelm
  • and MORE.

…you are not alone.

Learning Abled Kids provides educational resources specifically for parents of children with learning disabilities. This includes IEP training, practical homeschooling help, learning strategies, curriculum guidance, creating reading remediation programs, parenting support, and much more.

Start Here — What Do You Need Help With?

🟢 I need help with my child’s IEP:

If you’re feeling overwhelmed by IEP meetings, goals, or paperwork, start here for clear, practical guidance.

We have a full IEP Training course for parents of children with learning disabilities, so if you’re new to special education you will probably want to start here: IEP Training Course for Parents.
Alternatively, you may want to learn more about:

  • How to Write effective PLAAFP (Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance) statements
  • See Real examples of IEP goals for reading, writing, and more
  • Learn How to create goals that actually help and measure your child’s progress

👉 Consider Starting Here:

IEP Present Levels of Performance Tips
Example IEP Goals for Reading
Example IEP Goals for Written Expression
Basic IEP Training

🔵 I’m homeschooling a child with ADHD or dyslexia:

Choosing the right curriculum and approach can feel overwhelming—you don’t have to figure it out alone.

If your primary goal is choosing curriculum, you might find our “Which Curriculum Should I Choose?” Workbook to be your best first choice! You can find more information about it here: Which Curriculum Should I Choose Workbook

Alternatively, you may want to learn more about:

  • Best homeschool curriculum options for different learning needs
  • Honest insights into popular programs
  • How to adapt homeschooling for your child

👉 Start here for Help Homeschooling Children with Learning Disabilities:

Best Homeschool Curriculum for ADHD or Dyslexia
Overcoming Learning Disabilities Through Homeschooling
Is Lindamood Bell Worth the Money?
Homeschooling Category on this Website

🟣 My child is struggling with reading:

If reading is a daily struggle, there *are* proven approaches that can help.

Your best starting point might be our The Parent’s DIY Reading Remediation Roadmap. It’s an excellent choice for figuring out which specific programs to use to help your struggling reader learn to read. You can find the The Parent’s DIY Reading Remediation Roadmap by clicking here.

Alternatively, you may want to learn more about:

  • Evidence-based reading programs that are proven to help kids with dyslexia
  • Orton-Gillingham and structured literacy approaches as the most successful option
  • Free reading tests and tools to help you get started quickly

👉 Start here For Helping Your Struggling Reader:

Proven Reading Programs
SPIRE Orton-Gillingham Reading Program Review
Free Reading Tests
Reading Category on this website

🟠 I want to understand how my child learns:

Sometimes the biggest breakthrough comes from understanding *how* your child processes information. This is one of the keys to success when homeschooling children with learning disabilities!

You can find additional information here to help you understand learning:

  • Learning styles and what they mean in real life
  • Visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile learning
  • Multiple intelligences and strengths-based learning

👉 Start here:

Dunn and Dunn Learning Styles Model
VAKT (Visual Auditory Kinesthetic Tactile) Learning Styles
Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Learning Styles
Learning Styles Category on this website

 🔴 I need help with testing, evaluation, or learning challenges:

If you’re trying to understand test results, processing issues, or learning differences, this section will help clarify things.

We have pages of information to help you with:

  • Comparing major standardized tests
  • Understanding memory and processing speed
  • Making sense of evaluation results

👉 Start here:

Stanford Versus Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) Which is Best
Memory and Processing Speed as Brain Based Cognitive Issues
Comprehensive Evaluation for Specific Learning Disabilities
Testing & Evaluation Category on this website

Most Helpful Resources for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities:

If you’re not sure where to start, these are some of the most widely used and helpful resources on this site:

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This Site Exists to Help Children with Learning Disabilities Reach Their FULL Potential

Helping your child overcome learning challenges can feel overwhelming, confusing, and at times discouraging. This site was created to make the path to success clearer.

You’ll find practical strategies, straightforward explanations, and real-world guidance—without unnecessary jargon—so you can make informed decisions and help your child move forward with confidence.

Since kids with learning disabilities are of a functional intelligence level by the diagnostic definition of having a learning disability, they ABSOLUTELY CAN learn! Our firm belief is that the adults in the child’s life can put the child on a path toward success when ALL of the child’s learning needs are properly considered, remediated, and meet the child where they learn best and at their zone of proximal development (their current optimal point of learning).

If You Need Personalized Guidance:

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You’re not alone in this—

The right tools and understanding can make a meaningful difference. You CAN help your child succeed with learning! By being HERE researching ways to help your child overcome learning struggles, you’re already heading in the right direction. As your child’s consistent advocate, you WILL make a difference in your child’s ability to succeed!

Owner of Learning Abled Kids