learning disability
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Education
Madison County Early Education Program Strives to Reach More Families
Easterseals, a non-profit organization that helps children and adults living with autism and other disabilities, opened an early learning center in Madison County last month. Easterseals functions under the national Head Start program, which provides education, health and parental involvement services to low-income children and families. While Head Start has…
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Athens-Clarke County
Undiagnosed Learning Disabilities Hinder Probationers’ Success
By: Shannon Duffy Athens-Clarke County probation officers have discovered a new barrier to their participants’ success. Many of them struggle with undiagnosed learning disabilities. In September, Chief Probation Officer Dale Allen launched the Phoenix program to address individuals who were failing to fulfill their probation requirements. Allen acquired Laura Degroot,…