Specific Learning DisabilitiesLearning Support :

Specific Learning Disability  (SLD) is a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations, including conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. For current Minnesota rule language regarding SLD, click on MN Rule Chapter 3525.1341. For draft language consistent with the 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) which requires that states adopt new criteria for determining whether a child has a specific learning disability, see Special Education Rule Amendments: Final Proposed Rules.

 LD Specialist Contact: Victoria Weinberg,  651-582-8245