National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities Fact Sheet

Purposes

The major purposes of the NJCLD are:

1. To facilitate communication and cooperation among the member organizations.
2. To provide an interdisciplinary forum for the review of issues for educational and governmental agencies, and act as a resource committee for those agencies and other interested groups.
3. To provide a response to national issues in the area of learning disabilities when and as the need arises.
4. To seek agreement on major issues/problems pertinent to the area of learning disabilities.
5. To prepare and disseminate statements to various publics so as to clarify issues in the area of learning disabilities.
6. To identify research and service delivery needs in learning disabilities.

Reports

View the index and summaries of NJCLD Reports and download the PDFs.

Meetings

The NJCLD meets twice a year to consider and discuss contemporary issues in learning disabilities, and to develop and disseminate reports and statements related to these issues.

Funding

The NJCLD is supported by contributions from its member organizations.

Membership

The NJCLD is a national committee representing organizations concerned about individuals with learning disabilities. The member organizations are:

• American Speech-Language-Hearing-Association (ASHA)
  
• Association for Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
  
• Association of Educational Therapists (AET)
• Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD)
• Division for Communicative Disabilities and Deafness (DCDD)
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Division of Learning Disabilities (DLD)
  
• International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
• International Reading Association (IRA)
• Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
• National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabilities (NAEAACLD)
• National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
• National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)

Contact for NJCLD

Stan Dublinske, EdD, CAE

Senior Advisor for Planning

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2200 Research Blvd, #225
Rockville, MD 20850
ofc: 301-296-5707
fax: 301-296-8571
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