Education

Public Broadcasting System (PBS):
Struggling to Learn

Millions of American school children struggle with serious learning problems. Each day they face tasks that, for reasons unknown to them, never become automatic and always seem to stand in the way of their progress as students. For parents and teachers of a struggling child, the picture is not much clearer or any less frustrating. Specific learning problems are difficult to identify; their causes are generally unknown; and the long-term effects are hard to predict.

The mission of the PBS Struggling to Learn site is to put learning disabilities into perspective by profiling a variety of learning problems, treatments, and expert opinions. It is designed to give parents and teachers a better understanding of learning processes and potential reading, writing, math and attention difficulties, specific strategies and resources for responding, as well as the opportunity to hear from a range of learning disability experts.

This site was produced by WGBH Educational Foundation for PBS Online and included members of the team who created the companion Web site to the PBS documentary Misunderstood Minds.

The Struggling to Learn Production Team
July, 2003