Causes: Children & Youth, Human Services

Mission: To help children with learning and attention differences reach their full potential by inspiring, educating and empowering parents to help their children succeed.

Programs: Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities provides information, guidance, and support to parents of children with learning and attention differences through publishing a free, highly regarded newsletter and blog; maintaining a free, comprehensive website at www. SmartKidswithLD. org; providing presentations and seminars, including mentoring programs for young people; celebrating the strengths and accomplishments of young people with learning and attention differences through the annual presentation of the Fred J. Epstein Youth Achievement Awards; and a groundbreaking initiative, Countdown to Kindergarten, engaging children's librarians in getting 3- and 4-year-olds ready to learn to read when they enter school. We are committed to empowering parents to support their children’s strengths, interests and abilities, to understand their learning and attention differences, and to address their social and emotional challenges. We are also committed to educating parents about their children’s legal rights, to help them become effective advocates for their children in school and in the community.