children s health issues
Learning Disorders
Treatment of Learning Disorders
Educational management Sometimes psychostimulant drugs The most useful treatment for a learning disorder is education that is carefully tailored to the individual child. The federalIndividuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)requires public schools to provide free and appropriate education to children and adolescents with learning disorders. Education must be provided in the least restrictive, most inclusive setting possible—that is, a setting where the children have every opportunity to interact with nondisabled peers and have equal access to community resources. TheAmericans with Disability ActandSection 504 of the Rehabilitation Actalso provide for accommodations in schools and other public settings. No drug treatment has much effect on academic achievement, intelligence, and general learning ability, but, because some children with a learning disorder also have Drug therapy , certain psychostimulant drugs, such as Measures such as eliminating food additives, taking large doses of vitamins, and analyzing the child’s system for trace minerals are often tried but unproved. 