Informational Websites and Books

Informational Websites

Learning Disabilities

• International Dyslexia Association
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Division of Learning Disabilities
• Council for Learning Disabilities
• LD OnLine
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• Overcoming Learning Disabilities

ADHD

• CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)

Sensory Processing

• STAR Institute for Sensory Processing

Anxiety

• Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA)

Autism

• Autism Society
• Autism Speaks

Behavior, Regulation & Parenting Support

• S’cool Moves
• Conscious Discipline
• Celebrate Calm – Kirk Martin

Informational Books

Understanding Learning & Attention Differences

• Tanguay, P. B. (2002). Nonverbal Learning Disabilities at School: Educating Students with NLD, Asperger Syndrome, and Related Conditions.
• Tanguay, P. B. Nonverbal Learning Disabilities at Home: A Parent’s Guide.
• Levine, M., M.D. (1992). All Kinds of Minds: A Young Student’s Book About Learning Abilities and Learning Disorders.
• Levine, M., M.D. (1994). Educational Care: A System for Understanding and Helping Children with Learning Problems at Home and in School.
• Levine, M., M.D. (2003). A Mind at a Time.
• Levine, M., M.D. (2003). The Myth of Laziness: America’s Top Learning Expert Shows How Kids — and Parents — Can Become More Productive.
• Levine, M., M.D. (2006). Ready or Not, Here Life Comes.
• Levine, M., M.D., & Pohlman, C. (2007). Revealing Minds: Assessing to Understand and Support Struggling Learners.
• Lavoie, R., Reiner, M., Reiner, R., & Levine, M. (2006). It’s So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success.
• Agin, M., Geng, L., & Nicholl, M. (2004). The Late Talker: What to Do If Your Child Isn’t Talking Yet.

Behavior & Parenting

• Edwards, C. D., Ph.D. (1999). How to Handle a Hard to Handle Kid: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding and Changing Problem Behaviors.
• Phelan, T. W. (2010). 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12.
• Popkin, M. (2007). Taming the Spirited Child: Strategies for Parenting Challenging Children Without Breaking Their Spirits.

Brain, Movement & Health

• Ratey, J. J., M.D. (2008). Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain.
• Hannaford, C., Ph.D. (2005). Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All In Your Head (2nd edition).
• Amen, D. G., M.D. (1998). Change Your Brain Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness.
• Begley, S. (2007). Train Your Mind Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves.