Resources for Those who have Learning Disabilities

Help Eliminate Learning Problems (HELP)

HELP is a non-profit, non-discriminatory Oregon Corporation offering testing, evaluation, and treatment for Adults and Children with Learning Problems such as:

• ADD/ADHD
• Hyperactivity
• Dyslexia
• Poor reading and/or comprehension
• Ineffective organizational or study skills
• Behavioral problems
• Impulsivity
• Difficulty remembering or concentrating
• Poor self image
• Time stress
• Short attention span
• Difficulty with mathematics
• Poor spelling and writing skills
• Difficulty following directions
• Difficulty properly sequencing information
• Test stress
• As well as many other related information processing difficulties

* Feel your consumer has trouble with: not trying, doesn't pay attention, easily distracted, not working up to potential, or fails to turn in assignments, sometimes even when completed? Failure in schoolwork is a common symptom of deeper, but correctable, processing problems.

For more information call (503) 635-3389 or visit their website above.

Learning Disabilities Association of Oregon

Learning Disabilities Association for Adults

National Center on Learning Disabilities

Legislative information as well as grants and scholarships for students.

National Institute for Literacy

Provides on-line guidebooks for creating a literacy program specifically for people with learning disabilities.  Four guidebooks which are downloadable in PDF format. Topics provided allow you to focus on the guidebook most suited for your needs.

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic

Provides textbooks on cassette and in digital format.  $65 registration fee and $35 annual service fee. Visit their website above or call them at 866-732-3585.

Updated September, 2009 by Cassy Polen, Disability Program Navigator.