Can you recommend a few resources that will help me learn more about learning disabilities and how to help my child who has one?

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Can you recommend a few resources that will help me learn more about learning disabilities and how to help my child who has one?

Ask any mediator at the Academy and you’ll get a good, short list. Here’s one list of some resources other parents have found educational and helpful:

Books
The Dyslexic Advantage by Brock L. Eide, M.D., M.A. and Fernette F. Eide, M.D.
Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents’ Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning, by Joyce Cooper-Kahn, Ph.D. and Laurie Dietzel, Ph.D
Laughing Allegra: The Inspiring Story of a Mother’s Struggle and Triumph Raising a Daughter With Learning Disabilities by Anne Ford
Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It by Dr. Gabor Mate

Websites
SpEdConnect
The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity
Decoding Dyslexia-CT
DyslexiaHelp at the University of Michigan

Sources:
www.vmi.edu/uploadedFiles/Academics/Academic_Support/
Disabilities_Services/Famous%20People%20with%20Learning%20Disabilities%20-%20updated.pdf
www.greatschools.org/special-education/health/696-famous-people-dyslexia-ld-or-ad-hd.gs?page=2
www.businessinsider.com/ceo-learning-disabilities-2011-5#but-watch-out-for-the-notorious-ceo-disease-14

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