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Music and technology come together at the Dore Academy in Charlotte. It's part of the school's signature experience to better educate children dealing with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder.

“We have special programs that meet the needs of these learning disabled students,” teacher Linda Phillips said.

Roberta Smith, the school’s head master, said their success begins with a seven-to-one student ratio.

The National Center for Learning Disabilities defines the condition as a neurological disorder that interferes with a person’s ability to store, process or produce information and creates a gap between one’s ability and one’s performance.

But it’s important to point out that children with learning disabilities are generally of average or above average intelligence.

Learning disabilities are often difficult to recognize because children often exhibit a variety of different symptoms, including reversals in writing and reading, hyperactivity, or slowness in completing work.

A learning disability doesn’t mean students at Dore Academy can’t learn. Everyone learns in different ways, and that’s what the school and others like it aim to address through a multi-sensory approach to learning.