SchwabLearning.org is a free website designed to serve the practical and emotional needs of families who have children with learning difficulties. As a teacher, you play a pivotal role in the lives of your students, and we are an invaluable resource you can recommend to parents. By offering parents trustworthy information and encouraging them to work collaboratively with you and their child, we hope to help you make your students' school year a successful one.

SchwabLearning.org offers simple and easy navigation with content organized into five key areas:

1. Identify:
We help parents identify their children's difficulties by working with teachers, doctors, and other professionals. We provide information on learning disabilities (LD) and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD), define key terms, explain how professionals evaluate kids—and how parents are an important part of the process.

2. Manage:
For parents, once the source of their child's struggle is identified, the next step is to help the child manage his learning and behavior at home and at school. This section covers collaboration with teachers, effective parenting strategies, and learning strategies.

3. Connect:
On the "Parent- to-Parent" message boards, parents have the opportunity to connect with others who understand what they are going through.

4. Resources:
Locate resources, including our free publications offering information on LD and AD/HD basics, family relationships, and more. In addition, our database of books and websites provides outside resources which we have evaluated. An LD organization database allows parents to locate state and national services.

5. Other Features:
• Free weekly email newsletter
• LD Event Calendar
• Quizzes and Polls
• Information in Spanish

Feedback from Teachers
"I find your site a wonderful resource to send parents to. They come back to me better informed…and able to team up with school staff in a more positive manner to meet the needs of the child."

SchwabLearning.org
A Parent's Guide to Helping Kids With learning Difficulties

SparkTop.org™ can help your 10- to 12-year-old students who have learning difficulties, including learning disabilities (LD) and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD), feel better about themselves. By giving students information about how they learn, SparkTop.org helps them recognize their unique strengths, showcase their creativity, and safely connect with other kids. As an educator, you know how crucial self-esteem is to a child's success in school and at home.

SparkTop.org utilizes a coordinated approach to address the needs
of kids with learning difficulties by providing the following:

1. Understanding and Information:
SparkTop.org provides research-based information that kids can readily put
into practice.

• Studio 24/7 provides answers to kids' questions about school, life, LD, and more.
• DBTV offers specific tips to help students maximize their strengths while managing their learning challenges.
• BrainPOP on SparkTop® movies provide accurate information on dyslexia, the brain, AD/HD, and more.

2. Support:
Kids who struggle with learning can perceive themselves as less smart than their peers
and siblings.

• On SparkTop.org's monitored Message Boards, kids organically form supportive communities—discussing problems and sharing what they enjoy.
• Spark 2 Spark lets kids safely connect with one another.
• Fame Brains introduces kids to famous people who struggled in school, yet used their unique talents to do incredible things.

3. Success:
Like all kids, those with learning difficulties want to be acknowledged when they do well. SparkTop.org encourages kids to share their strengths and successes with each other.

• In The Last Bell, kids celebrate their hobbies and talents.
• The Create Tools allow kids to paint an idea, record a question, create a music mix, type a poem, or draw a story.
• In the BrainScan Gallery, kids get to show off their creations.

4. Fun:
SparkTop.org also offers informative and challenging games so that kids can take a break and have fun!

• BrainSpin lets kids create a wacky, unique brain that reflects their personal strengths, then use it for bonus points in the HeadZipper Game.
• In 2 Cubed, kids compete in a real-time multi-player trivia game.
• HeadZipper and SparkTop Pop reinforce that no two brains spark alike!

SparkTop.org encourages kids to celebrate their unique strengths and talents, embrace their differences, and harness the tools that can help them succeed in learning and life.

SparkTop.org™
Where No Two Brains Spark Alike