Does my child have a learning disability?

September 1, 2015

Learning disabilities are neurologically-based processing difficulties in reading, writing and/or math that impact a child’s ability to achieve at a level that would be expected for his or her developmental age and general abilities. The most common learning disability is dyslexia. 4-6% Percentage of American students with a learning disability. 80% Percentage of learning disabilities in teens that are associated with reading.

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Geisinger Health Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization (HMO), serves the health-care needs of members in 43 counties throughout central and northeastern Pennsylvania. Begun in 1985, the Health Plan has steadily evolved into one of the nation's largest rural HMOs by providing high quality, affordable health-care benefits…

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