These can be shared among parents, educators, and related service providers to help them make important decisions about services and supports.

LD—sometimes called specific learning disability or specific learning disorder—is a term that describes a group of disorders that impact listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, math, and social skills. Remember: LDs don’t go away! An LD isn’t outgrown or “cured” by medication, therapy, or expert tutoring.
Although LDs are lifelong, they’re not a prescription for failure. Effective instruction and accommodations can minimize learning challenges, maximize strengths, and optimize student potential in academic settings. Early recognition of warning signs, well-targeted screening and assessment, effective intervention, and ongoing monitoring of progress are critical to helping
individuals with LDs to succeed in school, in the workplace, and in life.

This checklist is designed as a tool to understand potential signs of LDs, not to diagnose LDs. The more characteristics you check, the more likely the individual described is at risk for (or shows signs of) LDs.
When filling out this checklist, think about the person’s behaviour over at least the past six months. And when you’re done, if you have questions or concerns, seek assistance from school personnel or other professionals who can help determine whether a comprehensive evaluation is needed.