If your child has a learning disorder (LD), you may wonder if they will always struggle in school, and if they can grow out of it. Learning disorders don’t go away, but kids with LDs can learn successfully with the right support — and get better at using their strengths to work around their LD as they get older.

This week at childmind.org, we’re discussing how learning disorders evolve as children grow up, and how parents can support them as their needs change. If your child has dyslexia, for example, learning to read is the first hurdle. Reading may never be easy for them, but by using the right strategies — and working effectively with their teachers and other school staff — they can do well. Similarly, kids don’t outgrow ADHD. But some symptoms diminish even as they present different challenges, so we have resources on how to help teens with ADHD adjust to high school. And sensory processing issues, which can make it hard for kids to learn, also tend to become milder as kids get older — and typically much easier to manage.

— Molly Hagan, Staff Writer | ✉