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Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping children with learning and attention differences reach their full potential by inspiring, educating, and empowering parents to help their children succeed.

Looking for guidance, resources, and support around special education?Visit our table at the 2026 Special Education Lega...
03/25/2026

Looking for guidance, resources, and support around special education?

Visit our table at the 2026 Special Education Legal Fund (S.E.L.F.) & SEEK CT Resource Fair this Saturday, March 28 from 2:00–5:00 PM at the Stamford JCC.

This free, community-wide event brings together 50+ schools, advocates, therapeutic providers, and organizations dedicated to supporting children with learning differences and their families.

Families will also have the opportunity to attend expert-led panels on:
• Hiring an attorney or advocate
• Finding the right school for your child

A valuable opportunity to gain clarity, ask questions, and connect with trusted resources all in one place.

Register here: https://bit.ly/SpecialEducationLegalFundSeekResourceFair2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for “The Executive Skills Toolbox: A Parent’s Guide to Supporting Your Chi...
03/23/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for “The Executive Skills Toolbox: A Parent’s Guide to Supporting Your Child,” with Dr. Peg Dawson.

We are grateful to Dr. Peg Dawson for sharing such practical, meaningful strategies to support children’s executive function skills at home and at school.

A special thank you to Winston Preparatory School for sponsoring this webinar and helping us bring valuable resources to families in our community.

After more than 25 years of extraordinary leadership, Jane Ross, Founder and Executive Director of Smart Kids with Learn...
03/09/2026

After more than 25 years of extraordinary leadership, Jane Ross, Founder and Executive Director of Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities, has retired.

Since founding Smart Kids in 2000, Jane helped transform the landscape for families raising children with learning and attention challenges. At a time when many parents felt isolated and unsure where to turn, she created a trusted source of information, expert guidance, and a community where families could support one another.

Under Jane’s leadership, Smart Kids grew into one of the nation’s leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to empowering parents and celebrating children who learn differently. Through our newsletter, website, educational programs, and nationally recognized annual Parent Conference, Smart Kids has connected families with leading experts in dyslexia, ADHD, executive functioning, and other learning differences while championing a strengths-based perspective that recognizes the extraordinary talents of these children.

As we celebrate Jane’s remarkable legacy, we’re also looking ahead. Lisa Pannone, who has served on the Smart Kids Board of Directors for the past five years, will step in as Interim Executive Director to help guide the organization through this next chapter.

The mission Jane established more than two decades ago continues: empowering parents, building community, and ensuring every child with learning differences has the opportunity to recognize and develop their unique strengths. We are incredibly grateful to Jane for her vision, dedication, and tireless advocacy. Please join us in celebrating Jane! ♥️

A heartfelt thank you to our amazing sponsors who made this year’s Smart Kids Parent Conference possible!Your support he...
03/04/2026

A heartfelt thank you to our amazing sponsors who made this year’s Smart Kids Parent Conference possible!

Your support helped bring families, educators, and experts together for a meaningful day of learning and connection. We’re so grateful for your commitment to supporting students with learning and attention differences.

We couldn’t have done it without you 💙

Trade your screen time for real-time connection 🤍At the Smart Kids Parent Conference, you’ll hear from leading experts, ...
02/27/2026

Trade your screen time for real-time connection 🤍

At the Smart Kids Parent Conference, you’ll hear from leading experts, ask your questions in person, and connect with schools, service providers, and other parents who truly understand what you’re navigating.

Don’t miss Dr. Evelyn Bilias-Lolis presenting “Calm is Contagious: Co-Regulation for Neurodiverse Learners.” Grounded in brain science and real-life parenting, this session will share simple, practical tools to help you stay calm, reduce anxiety, and support your child’s emotional regulation and readiness to learn.

We can’t wait to meet you!

Bright, verbal, and capable, but still struggling?Join us at the Smart Kids Parent Conference for Dr. Alexander Morris-W...
02/27/2026

Bright, verbal, and capable, but still struggling?

Join us at the Smart Kids Parent Conference for Dr. Alexander Morris-Wood’s session: “What is Nonverbal LD: How to Help Your Child.”

Nonverbal Learning Disability (NVLD) is often misunderstood and frequently masked by early strengths. This session will help parents understand the pattern of challenges—organization, social understanding, visual processing—and learn practical ways to support confidence, independence, and long-term success, especially through high school and the transition to college.

Join us this Saturday for our Parent Conference filled with expert insights and essential resources to support your jour...
02/25/2026

Join us this Saturday for our Parent Conference filled with expert insights and essential resources to support your journey raising children with learning and attention differences. Register at https://SKLD_ParentConference2026.eventbrite.com

Our experts are ready to answer your questions and provide suggestions to help your child with learning differences succ...
02/23/2026

Our experts are ready to answer your questions and provide suggestions to help your child with learning differences succeed. Join us at our Parent Conference this Saturday, February 28th. Register at https://SKLD_ParentConference2026.eventbrite.com

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Strong reading instruction changes lives, and parents deserve to know what effective literacy support truly looks like.J...
02/23/2026

Strong reading instruction changes lives, and parents deserve to know what effective literacy support truly looks like.

Join Attorney Laura Sullivan and Kristen Viesselman, M.Ed. for “Making Reading Work: Science of Reading in Practice and Advocacy.” This session will break down the core principles of evidence-based literacy instruction and give families practical tools to identify strong reading programs, collaborate with schools, and advocate for appropriate support.

Whether you’re navigating dyslexia, language-based learning differences, or simply want to better understand what works in reading instruction, this session will empower you with knowledge and strategy.

🎟 See the full agenda and register through the link below!

https://www.smartkidswithld.org/parent-conference/

We are less than one week away from the Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities 2026 Parent Conference! ♥️This full-day ev...
02/23/2026

We are less than one week away from the Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities 2026 Parent Conference! ♥️

This full-day event brings together leading experts to share practical strategies, research-based guidance, and trusted resources for parents of children with learning and attention differences, including dyslexia and ADHD. Attendees will gain tools to better advocate for their children, support social-emotional growth, and navigate school challenges with confidence.

Don’t miss out on this incredible event. Registration is still open! Click the link below to register and learn more.

https://www.smartkidswithld.org/parent-conference/

At the Smart Kids Parent Conference, our Transition Planning Panel: What Comes Next After High School? will explore coll...
02/20/2026

At the Smart Kids Parent Conference, our Transition Planning Panel: What Comes Next After High School? will explore college readiness, alternative pathways, transition programs, and the value of a “longer runway” to adulthood.

Hear from experts in college admissions, neurodivergent education, and transition programming as they discuss fit, readiness, independence, and long-term success for students with learning and attention differences.

Join us for expert-led sessions, breakout discussions, and real guidance for what comes next 🎟

https://www.smartkidswithld.org/parent-conference

Children with ADHD and learning differences are often defined by their hardest moments. Over time, those perceptions can...
02/20/2026

Children with ADHD and learning differences are often defined by their hardest moments. Over time, those perceptions can shape peer relationships, teacher expectations, and a child’s own self-esteem.

This session will help parents understand how reputations form, why they’re so hard to shake, and, most importantly, what you can do. You’ll walk away with practical advocacy language, strategies to repair social missteps, and tools to protect your child’s sense of belonging.

Join us for expert-led breakout sessions and meaningful conversations that support families navigating learning and attention differences.

https://www.smartkidswithld.org/parent-conference

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161 East Avenue Suite 104
Westport, CT
06851

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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