What We’ve Dug Up
We’re not the experts. We’re just parents trying to understand why it’s hard to talk about things when you learn differently than those around you. Here are some of the resources we’ve found really help us! Feel free to send us your suggestions!
organizations | books | videos | web sites
ORGANIZATIONS WE CURRENTLY SUPPORT
Parents Education Network
PEN is a coalition of parents collaborating with educators, students and the community to empower and bring academic success to students with learning and attention difficulties.
Project Eye to Eye
Project Eye-To-Eye is a national mentoring program that matches college and high school students with LD/ADHD, acting as tutors, role models and mentors, with elementary, middle, and high school students with LD/ADHD in order to empower these students and help them find success.
OUR CURRENT FAVORITES
All Dogs Have ADHD by Kathy Hoopmann
A Mind at a Time by Mel Levine
A Special Education by Dana Buchman
Building Emotional Intelligence by Linda Lantieri
Hank Zipzer Books by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
It’s So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success Disabilities Find Social Success by Lavoie, Reiner and Levine
Different Learners by Jane Healy
Learning Outside the Lines by Jonathan Mooney and David Cole
Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz
No Easy Answers: The Learning Disabled Child at Home and at School by Sally Smith
Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
Read This When You Can www.parentseducationnetwork.org/SAFEbook
Turning to One Another by Margaret J. Wheatley
Smart Parenting Revolution by Dawna Markova
The Five Love Languages of Children (and Teenagers) by Gary Chapman
The Misunderstood Child by Larry B. Silver
The Myth of Laziness by Mel Levine
The Out-of-Sync Child by Carol Stock Kranowitz
The Short Bus by Jonathan Mooney
The Survival Guide for Teenagers With Ld* (*Learning Differences) by Cummings, Fisher, Espeland and Hanson
How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop, by Richard Lavoie.
To order this and other Lavoie videos, contact:
PBS Video, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314-1698
toll free: 1-800-344-3337
fax: 1-703-739-5269
The Music Within
The true story of Richard Pimentel, a brilliant public speaker with a troubled past, who returns from Vietnam severely hearing -impaired and finds a new purpose in his landmark efforts on the behalf of Americans with disabilities.
Race to Nowhere
Race to Nowhere is a documentary film examining the pressures faced by youth, teachers and parents in our achievement obsessed education system and culture. Featuring the heartbreaking stories of young people who have been pushed to the brink, educators who are burned out and worried students aren’t developing the skills needed, and parents who are trying to do what’s best for their kids, Race to Nowhere points to the silent epidemic running rampant in our schools. Click here to see a trailer.
WEB SITES AND ONLINE RESOURCES
The Adventures of Bella and Finny Series
Award-winning books take a fun and unique approach in teaching basic concepts to children. The stars are two standard poodles, Bella and Finny.
All Kinds of Minds
All Kinds of Minds is a not-for-profit organization that translates the latest research from neuroscience and other disciplines on how children learn — and vary in their learning — into a powerful framework that educators can use in the classroom.
Barefoot Books
When we met Jen Strohl, the Barefoot Book Lady, we knew we had met a gem. Jen loves children’s books and has read every title she carries. Here are four titles she recommends for parents and children with learning differences:
The Boy Who Grew Flowers
Shrinking Sam
Emily’s Tiger
The Faerie’s Gift
Colleges with Programs to Support Students with Learning Differences
Almost all colleges and universities provide some level of services and/or accommodations for learning disabled students, as mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The colleges and universities listed here go a step further…they offer programs, some quite comprehensive, designed to support students with learning disabilities.
Diana Vaniotis, M.A. Ed., Educational Specialist
Diana is our newest poodle fan from Santa Cruz, CA.
Learning Disabilities Association (LDA) of WA
The LDA of Washington promotes and provides services and support to maximize the quality of life for individuals and families affected by learning and attentional disabilities.
LD Online
LD OnLine is the leading website on learning disabilities, learning disorders and differences.
Headstrong Nation A community of strong-minded, intelligent, dyslexic individuals who refuse to dwell on their learning disability. Click here to see the documentary.
One Heart Studio
Give your child the gift of hope. Seattle artist and calligrapher, Caitlin Dundon, hand writes her beautiful script on painted wood boxes, picture frames and mirrors. Customers can select from One Heart’s collection of heartfelt quotations or submit their own words and/or sayings that best describe your child. A lovely, time-honored gift that will be a visual reminder of your child’s special gifts and talents.
Post-ITT
Post-ITT is an acronym for Postsecondary Innovative Transition Technology. Post-ITT uses the Internet to provide information and resources to high school students with disabilities considering college and to those who support them.
This is a great resource for parents, students and teachers.
Parent Well
Your Portal to information, expertise and support in the most important job you will ever have – Parenting! Sally Kidder Davis, M.Ed., CPC, PCI Certified Parent Coach™ helps parents with children who learn differently celebrate their child’s strengths and become their child’s best advocates in school.
ReThink Higher Ed
They offer consulting on curriculum, organizational change, and funding models for colleges and universities to help develop comprehensive, inclusive programs for students challenged with intellectual disabilities and learning disabilities. This program is also applicable to “transition” age students 18-21 in secondary schools.
Wright’s Law
Wright’s Law provides accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.