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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – One in five kids in the U.S. ages 3-20 (15 million children) struggle with learning and attention issues. The adults in their lives often struggle to understand their issues due to misconceptions and a lack of information and resources. As a result, these children face challenges in school and life. However, through a mix of targeted intervention and support these children can thrive.
Understood.org, a comprehensive free online resource, is launching to help parents of children ages 3-20 who struggle with learning and attention issues. Created by 15 nonprofits, this online resource provides personalized information and support tools to help families understand how dyslexia, ADHD and other learning and attention issues can affect kids in and out of the classroom. In addition to empowering parents with information, the site is designed to help them make effective choices to address their children’s academic, social and emotional needs. Understood aims to cut through the confusion and give parents a clear path to the support they need to help their children go from simply coping to truly thriving.
Understood.org provides free daily access to experts through chats and webinars, a safe online community to help parents connect with and learn from each other and a suite of specially designed tools, including a series of interactive simulations that enable parents to experience first-hand their child’s issues and a “Parenting Coach” with age-specific strategies for common behavior challenges.
In addition to the website, a three-year public-service advertising (PSA) campaign developed in partnership with the Ad Council is launching today to raise awareness nationwide about learning and attention issues and connect parents to the resources, support and online community at Understood.org.
For more information, please visit www.Understood.org.
About Understood
Understood has been created by 15 of the nation’s leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to supporting parents of children with learning and attention issues. Understood.org, provides parents personalized information and support tools to help them navigate their child’s journey from simply coping to truly thriving. Partners in Understood include Benetech, the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), the Child Mind Institute, Common Sense Media, the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Eye to Eye, GreatSchools, the Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA), the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), New Profit, the Oak Foundation, Parents Education Network, the Poses Family Foundation, Reading Rockets and the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation.
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