A significant number of public school children have learning disabilities. Helping them requires proper diagnosis and remediation ideally involving an established team of specialists. Most communities are not this advanced in providing services for the learning disabled. However, there are existing professional services within almost all school districts which can provide significant help for these children if cooperation is established among the different professions.
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