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Organization Name: Learning Disabilities Association of New Jersey
Address: PO Box 492, Towaco, NJ 07082
Phone Number: 973-265-4303
Email: ldanj@optonline.net
Website: http://www.ldaamerica.org
President: Theresa Cavanaugh, LDT-C
Service Description: Information, resources, referrals, advocacy advice
Membership: $30.00
Eligibility Requirements: Anyone interested in the welfare of the learning disabled and their families
Area Served: New Jersey (There are LDA affiliates in all 50 states, US Territories, England, Germany & China)
Hours of Operation/Schedule: Online and Phone 9-am-7pm
Services Offered: Advice on IEP's, placements, resources, referrals, advocacy advice & guidance
Conferences: Next upcoming: Anne Ford, "The ADHD Child Grows up", and Dr. Martin L. Kutscher "Kids in the Syndrome Mix of ADHD, LD, Asperger's, Tourette's, Bipolar & More"
October 2-2007: Fairleigh Dickinson UNiversity, Wilson Auditorium, Teaneck Camps- Registration fee $25- for registration info call Friends' Health Connection, 1800-483-7436 - 3 Professional Development Credits - more information to follow
Fundraiser's: Membership dues, United Way & free will donations
Support groups: Allied with
1. Association for Special Children and Families: Support groups for parents of children with LD & ADHD, plus many activities-call Angela Abdul: 973-728-8744 for info.
2. Apraxia Network of Bergen County: call Jeanne Buesser, 201-271-4035
Slogan: Attitudes are the real disabilities!!!

The LDA of New Jersey is an affiliate of the Learning Disabilities Association. The LDA is a non-profit organization of volunteers, including individuals with learning disabilities, their families and professionals. LDA is dedicated to identifying causes and promoting prevention of learning disabilities and to enhancing the quality of life for all individuals with learning disabilities and their families by encouraging effective identification and intervention, fostering research, and protecting their rights under the law.

LDA of America was started by a small group of parents in the 60's, in order to obtain proper services for the most under-served population: The Learning Disabled. The organization strives to influence legislation to protect the rights of the Learning Disable, and also to inform the public as to the nature of the disability. It is generally defined as a dysfunction in or more more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding spoken or written language. These may be manifested in disorders of listening, thinking, talking, reading, writing, spelling or mathematics. These are people of average to superior intelligence, whose achievement is significantly discrepant from perceived cognitive ability (intelligence).