<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>LD Blog</title>
	<atom:link href="http://LDBlog.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://LDBlog.com</link>
	<description>News, commentary, and resources about Learning Disabilities</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:55:00 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>What do we need to know</title>
		<link>http://LDBlog.com/2010/08/11/what-do-we-need-to-know/</link>
		<comments>http://LDBlog.com/2010/08/11/what-do-we-need-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Professional development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treatment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://LDBlog.com/?p=975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m asking readers (both of you&#8212;teehee, there really are about 3 or 4 of you, but please invite your friends and colleagues) to tell me what you consider the three (or two or four) most important research questions about Learning Disabilities interventions. These need to be BIG IDEA questions. What do teachers and parents need [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://LDBlog.com/2010/08/11/what-do-we-need-to-know/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>BDA call for proposals</title>
		<link>http://LDBlog.com/2010/07/23/bda-call-for-proposals/</link>
		<comments>http://LDBlog.com/2010/07/23/bda-call-for-proposals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dyslexia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conferences]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://LDBlog.com/?p=973</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) opened a call for proposals for its 8th BDA International Conference, Dyslexia: Beyond Boundaries, to be held 28-30 April 2011. Abstracts may be submitted through the BDA Web site.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://LDBlog.com/2010/07/23/bda-call-for-proposals/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Exceptional Children&#8217;s Week</title>
		<link>http://LDBlog.com/2010/05/11/exceptional-childrens-week/</link>
		<comments>http://LDBlog.com/2010/05/11/exceptional-childrens-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 15:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advocacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://LDBlog.com/?p=971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) declared the week beginning 9 May 2010 to be &#8220;Exceptional Children&#8217;s Week.&#8221; Pass it along!
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://LDBlog.com/2010/05/11/exceptional-childrens-week/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Yet another misuse of LD</title>
		<link>http://LDBlog.com/2010/04/29/yet-another-misuse-of-ld/</link>
		<comments>http://LDBlog.com/2010/04/29/yet-another-misuse-of-ld/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Not LD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misunderstanding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[press]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://LDBlog.com/?p=966</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In &#8220;City Pushes Shift for Special Education,&#8221; New York Times reporter Jennifer Medina made the same mistake that many reporters before her have made. She used &#8220;learning disabilities&#8221; as a synonym for &#8220;students with disabilities.&#8221;  I wonder what Ms. Medina&#8217;s editor thinks the term &#8220;learning disabilities&#8221; means.

Here&#8217;s a snippet from the article, showing how [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://LDBlog.com/2010/04/29/yet-another-misuse-of-ld/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Word reading still predicts comprehension</title>
		<link>http://LDBlog.com/2010/04/28/word-reading-still-predicts-comprehension/</link>
		<comments>http://LDBlog.com/2010/04/28/word-reading-still-predicts-comprehension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dyslexia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading problems]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://LDBlog.com/?p=962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Justin Wise and colleague examined the reading comprehension of students with differing problems in reading fluency. Some of the students only had difficulty with reading connected text fluently, but others had difficulty in reading connected text and individual words fluently. They found that for both groups the ability to read individual real words fluently was [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://LDBlog.com/2010/04/28/word-reading-still-predicts-comprehension/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
