I tried to post this under recruiting but it wouldn't take-so sorry if this is the wrong place.

There was a topic about would grades affect the recruitment of your child? And it seemed the consensus was yes.

My question is what about if your child has a diagnosed learning disability and is truly doing the best he can?

Thanks.

You seem to have posted a difficult topic for most. Let me try & respond.

I continue to see & read examples of how students have the heart to never give-up or give-in to the limits of their disabilities, be it physical or mental. I can't, from personal experience, answer your question if your son's learning disability will limit or even eliminate his recruiting opportunities. I could guess, but what purpose would that serve?

What I can offer is this. Just this week, I watched a national program of a young man playing high school football. The young man had no legs, from birth. He was not about to give-in to the stereo-typing of not being qualified or capable to compete. It was in his heart.

A personal family member has a medical condition which would limit their ability to perform the most routine of daily activities that we all take for granted, if not for required daily medication. That person has never given-in and to this day is a successful business professional helping others to not give-in to their own medical challenges.

What I offer is this. If college & athletics is a serious (never-give-in) consideration in your son's life, pray that God will give you an answer. Please remember, you will get an answer to your prayer. I will pray for him & I am sure many more on this board will also. On many teams across this great nation of ours, there is a player that may not have the skills to be a starter or a regular sub. He/she may not have the capabilities to react quickly enough to the faster pace of the next level. He/she may not have the aptitude to retain the most critical of quick reponses to perform & be it safely. But the individual has the capabilites & not lack the limits to become the heart felt motivational force of a team. That player represents the heart & soul of the team because he/she never-gives-in to limitations. This may be a point of your prayer.

I am a parent of a LD student-athelete. I am also a teacher so I get an opportunity to see this from many angels. If your son is LD then he has some form of accomodations that the college will take into account. My son is now a Freshman at a DII school. He signed early and is already getting playing time. We were very honest with the Coaches that recruited him and when the time came we were blessed with 9 choices from DI-DIII. We chose D-II because it was a smaller school that could work with him and his needs. Some of our top athelets that are professionals have some learning disorder from mild to severe. The nice thing we found was that all of the coaches and scouts listenedd and they worked with the counselors at the respective colleges. My son graduated HS with only a 3.1 but is in one of the top schools in the country. He took his work ethic on the filed and transferred it to the classroom. Thats what the college coaches saw.

Best of luck!

A learning disability is a disability only if you let it be. As a teacher I know their are somme accommodations made for some students for example extended testing etc. that is fine and good but sooner or later the real world will not be so accommodationg. So they must eventually learn to deal with situations. How they deal with these is more a part of their personality. If they are encouraged from an early age to work to their ability and beyond success is in the cards. Knowing and doing are 2 different things.

Thanks so much for the reply-this is very encouraging to us.

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Originally posted by allaboutbaseball:
I am a parent of a LD student-athelete. I am also a teacher so I get an opportunity to see this from many angels. If your son is LD then he has some form of accomodations that the college will take into account. My son is now a Freshman at a DII school. He signed early and is already getting playing time. We were very honest with the Coaches that recruited him and when the time came we were blessed with 9 choices from DI-DIII. We chose D-II because it was a smaller school that could work with him and his needs. Some of our top athelets that are professionals have some learning disorder from mild to severe. The nice thing we found was that all of the coaches and scouts listenedd and they worked with the counselors at the respective colleges. My son graduated HS with only a 3.1 but is in one of the top schools in the country. He took his work ethic on the filed and transferred it to the classroom. Thats what the college coaches saw.

Best of luck!

My son was a LD and graduated HS with a 2.2 GPA---he played major D-I baseball and graduated with his degree and a 2.7 GPA from college---had all the support he needed from the university from day one

It can be done

On behalf of ZacksDad, thanks to the posters that stepped up with the personal experiences. Kudos to all!

Absolutely. Thanks to everyone.

Everyone that has been through this knows how tough it is when you have a kid that wants to be a great ballplayer and struggles with school.

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Originally posted by Southpaw Pop:
On behalf of ZacksDad, thanks to the posters that stepped up with the personal experiences. Kudos to all!

TRHit, did the DI college know in advance that your son was LD? What information did you give them to help him get admitted with his low GPA? Or was he a good enough ball player that they didn't care. Thanks.

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His GPA and SAT qualified him with the Clearing house and his baseball talent overcame the poor grades in terms of admission to the school---to be honest,without baseball he would not have been accepted

Yes the school knew coming in that he was a LD Student

P&CMom Thanks I appreciate it.