This book provides lots of practical suggestions on how to maintain the self-esteem of children who struggle with writing. Suggestions on how to identify dysgraphia and provide accommodations for it are presented in this very easy to read handbook. This book would help those seeking practical ways to help their child or student. It does… More Dysgraphia: Why Johnny Can’t Write: A Handbook For Teachers And Parents
Book Categories: Learning Disability
Dyslexia in the Early years: A Handbook for Practice
Beginning with a contextual note on the key difficulties faced by children at risk of dyslexia, the book takes the reader through the processes of identification and diagnosis, before offering ideas on how to tailor classroom materials for these students. The book’s resource materials are designed to target areas such as reading, spelling, numeracy, language… More Dyslexia in the Early years: A Handbook for Practice
Dyslexia is my Superpower (Most of the Time)
In more than 100 interviews, children and young adults reveal their personal tips and tactics for honing the creative benefits of dyslexia, enabling them to thrive in school and beyond. Strategies include ways to develop confidence and self-belief. The contributors have outlined specific approaches they feel have helped them, and others that haven’t. The book… More Dyslexia is my Superpower (Most of the Time)
Dyslexia Tool Kit For Tutors and Parents – What to do when phonics isn’t enough
Gathered from the latest research on dyslexia along with early practices which have been overlooked in the test-intensive school environment, a successful dyslexia tutor shares the tools of her trade because she wants every dyslexic person to have the tools needed to read well!
Dyslexia Wonders: Understanding The Daily Life Of A Dyslexic From A Child’s Point of View
Written by a 12 year old Jennifer who is struggling through school. Kids tease her, teachers question her ability. Her own family doesn’t even understand her. Listen to her story as she tells it in her own words. Learn how she struggles from being different from her peers, how she reacted when she finally found… More Dyslexia Wonders: Understanding The Daily Life Of A Dyslexic From A Child’s Point of View
Dyspraxia In The Early Years
Practical suggestions for nursery and infant classrooms. Demonstrates how failing to move well impedes all aspects of development and how to design, implement and evaluate activities which develop movement.
Embracing The Monster: Overcoming The Challenges Of Hidden Disabilities
This book chronicles the author’s struggles with school, work, personal relationships- it offers valuable insight into what it is like to live with a hidden disability, in this case, ADHD, LD, Dyslexia, Sensory Integrative and Bipolar disorders.
Executive Skills In Children And Adolescents
Concise and practitioner friendly, this guide has helped put executive skills on the map for school-based clinicians and educators. The book explains how these critical cognitive processes develop and why they play such a key role in children’s behavior and school performance. Provided are step-by-step guidelines and many practical tools to promote executive skill development… More Executive Skills In Children And Adolescents
FLIPP the Switch: Strengthen Executive Function Skills
The target audience for this book is anyone who works with young people aged 3-22 who are disorganized, inflexible, impulsive, and who struggle with planning or problem solving. Readers will learn about executive function (EF) and how EF skills contribute to success in school, at home, and in work environments. Most importantly, readers will receive… More FLIPP the Switch: Strengthen Executive Function Skills
Helping A Child With Nonverbal Learning Disorder Or Aspergers Syndrome
The book offers readers ways to evaluate their child’s strengths and weaknesses in areas such as visual and spatial functioning, writing problems, information processing and organizational skills, social and emotional capabilities, language skills, and interactive abilities. It offers specific strategies for intervening and helping the child to cope with these obstacles, such as teaching the… More Helping A Child With Nonverbal Learning Disorder Or Aspergers Syndrome
Horatio Humble Beats The Big “D”
When Horatio has difficulty reading, his parents meet with the teacher to discover why. Horatio hears the words Dyslexia and Special Ed. “No way! Kids will think I’m dumb.” Horatio finds out about dyslexia, and gets the help he needs to learn to read. Ages 5-10
How Many Days Until Tomorrow?
Josh is a twelve-year-old with dyslexia who spends the summer on a remote island in Maine with his teasing older brother Simon and grandparents he hardly knows. His “bug-eyed” grandfather (alias Grumps) rarely says a kind word. Living on Seal Island is torture until Josh realizes his own ingenuity. He captures a pet mouse, learns… More How Many Days Until Tomorrow?
How The Special Needs Brain Learns
Provides overview of how the brain processes information and tips for teaching students with ADHD, LD, sleep disorders, Autism, mental health issues. Emphasis placed on building self esteem and fostering academic success.
I Believe in You: A Mother’s Message to Her Son with Learning Differences
A children’s book that explains the challenges and benefits of being a kid who learns differently. The characters, bright colors, whimsical illustrations and heart-felt words will help your child better understand the challenges she may experience, but also the potential she has for contributing to the world in her own specially designed way.
I Don’t Like Reading
Meet Harry. Harry likes to play football, climb trees, and hang out with friends, but Harry doesn’t like reading. That is until his teacher explains that Harry has dyslexia, which makes things like reading and writing particularly hard for him – and with help from his mum, teacher and an educational psychologist, Harry learns specific… More I Don’t Like Reading
I Get It! I Get It! How John Figures It Out, One Boy’s Journey and Triumph with Auditory Processing Disorder
This is one boy’s journey and triumph over Auditory Processing Disorder from a child’s point of view. This story with its colorful and fun illustrations will inspire and encourage all children who are effected by APD or a learning disability. Uses terms and words simple enough for children to understand while supplying helpful information for… More I Get It! I Get It! How John Figures It Out, One Boy’s Journey and Triumph with Auditory Processing Disorder
I Have Dyslexia: What Does That Mean?
Delaney was diagnosed with dyslexia. What does that mean? How should she explain dyslexia to her friends and her teachers? Will Delaney learn to read, write and spell? Can she be successful in school? Understand dyslexia through the eyes of an eight year-old girl and learn how to explain dyslexia to school-aged children. Ages 7… More I Have Dyslexia: What Does That Mean?
I Wish I Could Fly Like A Bird!
This is the story of Chic L. Dee, a boy bird with learning disabilities, who flip-flops when he tries to fly. While he struggles to accept his limitations, he begins to discover his talents, trust his intuition and find his own way. Perhaps most importantly, he learns about making room for differences. Any kid who… More I Wish I Could Fly Like A Bird!
If You’re So Smart, How Come You Can’t Spell Mississippi? (Adventures of Everyday Geniuses)
Katie always thought her dad was smart; he is one of the busiest attorneys in town! People are always asking him for advice! She has been a bit confused since asking him for help with her weekly spelling list. How can her very smart dad struggle with one of her spelling words? A story about… More If You’re So Smart, How Come You Can’t Spell Mississippi? (Adventures of Everyday Geniuses)
Inside Out: What Makes a Person with Social Cognitive Deficits Tick?
Uses the “I laugh” approach-initiation, listening/attention, abstract/inferential thinking, understanding perspective, getting the big picture, humor to assist children with social cognitive deficits. Provides frameworks and forms to use in process.