Welcome!
The Post Secondary Place is designed to offer the information and resources young adults need to succeed after high school. Students entering college or a vocational school must be able to advocate for the services they need in order to be successful in this new environment.

Please excuse us while this area is being developed. In the meantime, you may find the following articles of interest to you.

About LD

• Understanding Your Learning Disability

• A Guide to the College Process: Getting In and Staying In
  Learn how to plan for, apply, and get into college, and then how to stay in.

• Coaching Adults with Learning Disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorder
• Coaching and Consultation: A Case Study

• Q & A: Section 504 and the American Disabilities Act in the Workplace

On the LDW® Members' Site
The following articles and information are available to LDW® members. If you're a member, then click here to login. If not, join LDW® today and become part of our global voice of hope.

The Emotional Side of LD

• Hopeless and Helpless: Why Children and Adolescents with ADHD and LD Become Depressed and What to Do About It
• Medication Treatment of Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents with Learning Disabilities, Part I
• Medication Treatment of Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents with Learning Disabilities, Part II

• About College and Other Post-Secondary Options

• Change Your Life: Ten Keys to Resilient Living
• Changing the Words of Life: Rewriting Your Negative Scripts
• The Adult with LD: Characteristics
• The Adult with LD: Diagnosis
• The Adult with LD: Remediation
• The Adult with LD: Resources

• Corporate Instructor's Perspective: What Does the ADA Say About Learning Disabilities?

• Many Shades of Success: Other Views of Post-Secondary Options
  The transition of moving from the relative "cocoon" of high school to the world of work or a post-secondary placement can be overwhelming for a youth with LD. This new book can help.
• Transitional Skills for Post Secondary Success...Reflections for Students with Learning Disabilities
  planning "toolbox."
• Successful Lifetime Management: Adults with Learning Disabilities
  A book designed to help adults with LD deal with the most worrisome topics faced such as relationships, academia, and the workplace. A must read for the adult with learning disabilities. Selected as the recipient of a National Award on LD by LDA.

• Profiles of Success: Successful Adults Achieving with Learning Disabiltiies
  In this video, meet three exceptional adults with learning disabilities who achieved success. Hear how they struggled and overcame obstacles and chose careers that best used their strengths. Let their stories of hope, fortitude and resilience encourage you. Dr. Silver goes on to explain what learning disabilities are and how teachers and parents can help every student with learning disabilities become "Profiles of Success." Selected as the recipient of a National Award on LD by LDA.
• Portraits of Success: Fostering Hope and Resilience in Individuals with Learning Disabilities
  This video features interviews with adults, parents and teachers about their experiences with learning disabilities. These "Portraits of Success" will foster hope and resilience in children with learning disabilities.

• ldyellowpages.org (paid listings for evaluators, therapists, coaches and other service providers)
• Learning Disability Links on the Web