{"id":1619,"date":"2021-11-29T22:07:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T04:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lda-arkansas.org\/?page_id=1619"},"modified":"2022-12-30T15:29:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T21:29:06","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lda-arkansas.org\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1619\" class=\"elementor elementor-1619\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99595f9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99595f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22c78f2\" data-id=\"22c78f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-844668d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"844668d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>About LDA of Arkansas<\/b><\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff2bba1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff2bba1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef10da6\" data-id=\"ef10da6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcde71d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fcde71d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: bold;\">LDA of Arkansas<\/h2><p>The Learning Disabilities Association of Arkansas is a non-profit, volunteer organization of individuals, professionals, and parents of children with learning disabilities. We are dedicated to defining and empowering individuals affected by learning disabilities through education, advocacy, and legislation.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h2 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; font-family: inherit; font-size: 2rem;\">What LDA Does To Accomplish Its Mission<\/span><\/h2><ul style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Promote Prevention<\/span><br \/>We believe that the number of individuals affected by learning disabilities can be reduced with an effective, comprehensive prevention plan. We encourage research that seeks to identify the causes of learning disabilities and disseminate research findings which could lead to the reduction of the incidence of learning disabilities.<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Foster Research in Best Practices<\/span><br \/>We encourage ongoing research efforts into recognition, assessment and intervention strategies throughout the lifespan. We monitor and disseminate these research findings.<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Encourage Identification<\/span><br \/>Too many people go through life unidentified. We advocate for early identification, which increases the possibility of successful intervention. We will continue to advocate for access to identification throughout the lifespan.<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Support Intervention<\/span><br \/>We strongly support best practice interventions for individuals with learning disabilities throughout the lifespan.<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Protect Rights<\/span><br \/>We are committed to advocating for and protecting the rights of all individuals with learning disabilities. This includes legislative advocacy for laws to improve and preserve the rights of all individuals as well as individual advocacy.<\/li><\/ul><h2 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: bold;\">Our Invitation to you:<\/h2><p>Are you a person with learning disabilities, a parent of a child with learning disabilities, a professional working with individuals with learning disabilities, or an interested party visiting our website? Then\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ldaamerica.org\/membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>join LDA with a membership<\/u><\/a>. Are you interested in being more involved and perhaps volunteering with LDA of Arkansas or joining our Board of Directors? Great! Simply <u><a href=\"https:\/\/lda-arkansas.org\/contact-us\/\">contact us <\/a><\/u>and we\u2019ll connect with you as soon as we can.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h2 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">LDA of Arkansas welcomes you!<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About LDA of Arkansas LDA of Arkansas The Learning Disabilities Association of Arkansas is a non-profit, volunteer organization of individuals, professionals, and parents of children with learning disabilities. 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