What can I do as a parent to help my child?

What a parent can provide for their learning disabled child at home is loving patience and support.  Often parents, determined to help their child reach their goals, become driven to reviewing homework intensely with the child once they come home from school.  Although reinforcement of the lesson is helpful, it is just as important for your child to enjoy school. By forcing more homework and more review upon the child, a parent may inadvertently begin a change of attitude for the child about school.  What was originally viewed as challenging yet fun may now become a chore and very undesirable. Remember, just as important is the opportunity for your child to relax and simply "be a kid."