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A Mind At A Time

by Levine, Mel

"Different minds learn differently," writes Dr. Mel Levine, one of the best-known learning experts and pediatricians in America today. Some students are strong in certain areas and some are strong in ... More

An Introduction to Dyslexia for Parents and Professionals

by Hultquist, Alan

This practical guide provides basic need-to-know information for parents and professionals and answers frequently asked questions about dyslexia. Using illustrative case studies, Alan M. Hultquist addresses many of the issues surrounding ... More

Brains that work a little bit differently

by Bragdon, Allen & Gamon, David

Human brains are as different as human faces. Yet the causes and consequences of most differences are subtle and complex which makes these subjects interesting. None of the diversities described in ... More

Building Left Brain Power

by Bragdon, Allen & Gamon, David

Using the left side of the brain creates a sense of well-being, stimulates positive emotions, and increases energy. In this book, 104 neuro-enhancing puzzles and exercises--from easy to advanced--in fourteen formats ... More

Defending and Parenting Children Who Learn Differently

by Teel, Scott

We all know Thomas Edison was a genius of seemingly limitless imagination. Yet few know he was a failure in elementary school. Teel shows us how Edison's mother, Nancy, guided the ... More

Developmental Coordination Disorder: Hints and Tips for the Activities of Daily Living (2) (Medford)

by Morven F. Ball

Common characteristics amongst children with dyspraxia, Asperger Syndrome and associated conditions include difficulty with movement and specific aspects of learning. These traits have now been identified as Developmental Coordination Disorder (or ... More

Dyslexia The Miracle Cure

by Dore, Wynford

Wynford Dore's new cure for dyslexia—"the Dore programme"—is a fascinating breakthrough treatment that has been proven to work by thousands of people in the country and internationally. Wynford's aim is that ... More

El Nino con Necesidades Especiales (1)

by Gabriel Federico

Este libro es una guia que significa para algunos estar frente a un nino con necesidades especiales. Dirigido a padres, profesionales y cuidadores, o quienes esten cerca de un nino con ... More

Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Intervention (1)

by Peg Dawson

In clear, step-by-step detail, this highly practical manual provides a research-based framework for strengthening executive functioning in children and adolescents. The book explains how executive skills develop in children and are ... More

Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Intervention (11)

by Peg Dawson

In clear, step-by-step detail, this highly practical manual provides a research-based framework for strengthening executive functioning in children and adolescents. The book explains how executive skills develop in children and are ... More

Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Intervention (13)

by Peg Dawson

In clear, step-by-step detail, this highly practical manual provides a research-based framework for strengthening executive functioning in children and adolescents. The book explains how executive skills develop in children and are ... More

Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Intervention (15)

by Peg Dawson

In clear, step-by-step detail, this highly practical manual provides a research-based framework for strengthening executive functioning in children and adolescents. The book explains how executive skills develop in children and are ... More

Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Intervention (17)

by Peg Dawson

In clear, step-by-step detail, this highly practical manual provides a research-based framework for strengthening executive functioning in children and adolescents. The book explains how executive skills develop in children and are ... More

Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Intervention (3) (Medford)

by Peg Dawson

In clear, step-by-step detail, this highly practical manual provides a research-based framework for strengthening executive functioning in children and adolescents. The book explains how executive skills develop in children and are ... More

Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Intervention (5)

by Peg Dawson

In clear, step-by-step detail, this highly practical manual provides a research-based framework for strengthening executive functioning in children and adolescents. The book explains how executive skills develop in children and are ... More

Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Intervention (7) (Coast)

by Peg Dawson

In clear, step-by-step detail, this highly practical manual provides a research-based framework for strengthening executive functioning in children and adolescents. The book explains how executive skills develop in children and are ... More

Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Intervention (9)

by Peg Dawson

In clear, step-by-step detail, this highly practical manual provides a research-based framework for strengthening executive functioning in children and adolescents. The book explains how executive skills develop in children and are ... More

Growing Up Gifted 7TH Edition

by Clark, Barbara

This leading introduction to gifted and talented children retains proven parts of its original structure and combines it with the knowledge and best practices from a variety of sources. It incorporates ... More

Handbook of Learning Disabilities

by Swanson, Lee; Harris, Karen & Graham, Steve

This comprehensive handbook reviews the major theoretical, methodological, and instructional advances that have occurred in the field of learning disabilities over the last 20 years. With contributions from leading researchers, the ... More

Help Me to Help My Child

by Bloom, Jill

a source book for parents of learning disabled children More

Helping Your Dyslexic Child (1)

by Cronin, Eileen

Not just a reading problem, dyslexia can affect many areas of your child's life More

How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School

by National Research Council

If education is to help students make sense of their surroundings and prepare them for the challenges of the technology-driven, internationally competitive world, it must be based on what we know ... More

In Their Own Way Discovering And Encouraging Your Child's Multiple Intelligences Revised And Updated

by Armstrong, Thomas

A psychologist who is also a learning specialist gives a comprehensive update of his acclaimed book that shows parents and teachers how to tune in to children's individual styles of learning. ... More

It's So Much Work to be Your Friend

by Lavoie, Richard

As any parent, teacher, coach, or caregiver of a learning disabled child knows, every learning disability has a social component. The ADD child constantly interrupts conversations and doesn't follow directions. The ... More

Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents' Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning (1)

by Joyce Cooper-Kahn (Ph.D.) and Laurie Dietzel (Ph.D.)

(2009 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA): Honors Award)Executive functions are the cognitive skills that help us manage our lives and be successful. Children with weak executive skills, despite their best intentions, ... More

Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents' Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning (3) (Central Oregon)

by Joyce Cooper-Kahn (Ph.D.) and Laurie Dietzel (Ph.D.)

(2009 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA): Honors Award)Executive functions are the cognitive skills that help us manage our lives and be successful. Children with weak executive skills, despite their best intentions, ... More

Learning Disabilities From a Parent's Perspective

by Glenchur, Kim

This book informs parents, from a parent's perspective, what they need to know if their child has, or may have, a learning disability. It gives them the information they need to ... More

Learning Disabilities: What Are They?

by Cimera, Robert

Cimera (special education, Kent State U.), who has a learning disability himself, presents a volume for parents and teachers that shows them how to recognize a variety of disabilities. He describes ... More

Learning Re-enabled 2nd Edition

by Orloff, Susan

Learning Re-enabled is designed to help therapists, teachers, and parents understand the learning disabled child. The author, through extensive professional experience and a special devotion to learning disabled children, developed this ... More

Lily and the Mixed-Up Letters (2) (Coast)

by Deborah Hodge

Lily loved kindergarten, especially painting, but by the time she reaches second grade, "school isn't fun anymore," because she has trouble reading. More

Live It Learn It

by Smith, Sally

"Academic Clubs," the learning-by-doing approach presented in this energizing guidebook, are a proven way to improve school success for students who have learning disabilities and ADHD. Sally Smith--the founder of The ... More

Making Sense of Children's Thinking and Behavior: A Step by Step Tool for Understanding Children Diagnosed With NLD, Asperger's, HFA, PDD-NOS, and Other Neurological Differences (2) (Central Oregon)

by Leslie Holzhauser-Peters and Leslie True

Making Sense of Children's Thinking and Behavior offers parents and professionals a tool for understanding children with neurological differences. These children have an atypical view of the world, unique to their ... More

Making Sense of Children's Thinking and Behavior: A Step by Step Tool for Understanding Children Diagnosed With NLD, Asperger's, HFA, PDD-NOS, and Other Neurological Differences (4) (Medford)

by Leslie Holzhauser-Peters and Leslie True

Making Sense of Children's Thinking and Behavior offers parents and professionals a tool for understanding children with neurological differences. These children have an atypical view of the world, unique to their ... More

No Easy Answers The Learning Disabled Child At Home and At School

by Smith, Sally

Parents and teachers of learning disabled children have tumed to Sally Smith's No Easy Answers for information, advice, and comfort for more than fifteen years. In this revised, trade paperback edition ... More

No Mind Left Behind (2)

by Cox, Adam

A top child psychologist explains the eight essential cognitive skills every child needs to thrive. In this revolutionary new book, Dr. Adam J. Cox describes how to enhance learning by revealing ... More

No Mind Left Behind (4) (Medford)

by Cox, Adam

A top child psychologist explains the eight essential cognitive skills every child needs to thrive. In this revolutionary new book, Dr. Adam J. Cox describes how to enhance learning by revealing ... More

No Mind Left Behind (6) (Central Oregon)

by Cox, Adam

A top child psychologist explains the eight essential cognitive skills every child needs to thrive. In this revolutionary new book, Dr. Adam J. Cox describes how to enhance learning by revealing ... More

No Mind Left Behind (8)

by Cox, Adam

A top child psychologist explains the eight essential cognitive skills every child needs to thrive. In this revolutionary new book, Dr. Adam J. Cox describes how to enhance learning by revealing ... More

Nonverbal Learning Disabilities at School: Educating Students With Nld, Asperger Syndrome and Related Conditions (1)

by Pamela B. Tanguay

In this companion book to her successful Nonverbal Learning Disabilities at Home, Pamela Tanguay addresses issues related to the academic education of the child with NLD and related conditions. Topics such ... More

Nonverbal Learning Disabilities at School: Educating Students With Nld, Asperger Syndrome and Related Conditions (3)

by Pamela B. Tanguay

In this companion book to her successful Nonverbal Learning Disabilities at Home, Pamela Tanguay addresses issues related to the academic education of the child with NLD and related conditions. Topics such ... More

Nonverbal Learning Disorder: Understanding and Coping with NLD and Asperger's - What Parents and TeachersNeed to Know

by Rondalyn Varney Whitney

A special-needs guide that "comes to the rescue"( Carol Stock Kranowitz, author of The Out-of-Sync Child) of those who struggle with an increasingly common condition.Millions of children suffer from Nonverbal Learning ... More

Overcoming Dyslexia A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level (1)

by Shaywitz, Sally

One in five American children has trouble reading. But they are not stupid or lazy. In Overcoming Dyslexia, Dr. Sally Shaywitz, codirector of the Yale Center for the Study of Learning ... More

Raising NLD Superstars

by Rubinstien, Marcia

Raising NLD Superstars is essential reading for all those who come into contact with children with nonverbal learning disorders (NLD). Instead of insisting upon the one size fits all model of ... More

Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential (1)

by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare

Scientists who study child development have recently found that kids who are "smart but scattered" lack or lag behind in crucial executive skills-the core, brain-based habits of mind required to "execute" ... More

Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential (3) (Central Oregon)

by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare

Scientists who study child development have recently found that kids who are "smart but scattered" lack or lag behind in crucial executive skills-the core, brain-based habits of mind required to "execute" ... More

Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential (5) (Hood River)

by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare

Scientists who study child development have recently found that kids who are "smart but scattered" lack or lag behind in crucial executive skills-the core, brain-based habits of mind required to "execute" ... More

Switching On The Whole Brain Answer to Dyslexia

by Dennison, Paul

Ask yourself the following questons:Do you suspect dyslexia in yourself or a family member? Are you mixed dominant or ambidextrous? Do you read too slowly? Do you skip or misread words? ... More

Talk, Listen and Learn

by Clark, Linda & Ireland, Catherine

As parents, the greatest skill we teach our children is talking and communicating. Effective communication opens doors at school, work and in relationships. Talk, Listen and Learnis designed as a guide ... More

The Complete Learning Disabilities Directory A-Z 2007 13th Edition

by Grey House Publishing

This collection of 9,000 entries is directed toward those seeking devices and services for others in their care or for themselves. The entries have been updated to include the latest descriptions ... More

The Don'T-Give-Up Kid and Learning Differences (2) (Medford)

by Jeanne Gehret

This book helps children understand that a Learning Disability is something they can do something about. It is written in a way that helps to explain what the challenges can be ... More

The Don'T-Give-Up Kid and Learning Differences (4) (Coast)

by Jeanne Gehret

This book helps children understand that a Learning Disability is something they can do something about. It is written in a way that helps to explain what the challenges can be ... More

The Gift of Dyslexia (2) (Hood River)

by Ronald D. Davis and Eldon M. Braun

The author shares the startling discovery that enabled him to overcome his own dyslexia, reveals how dyslexia can be related to high levels of intelligence, and offers a plan that anyone ... More

The Mislabeled Child

by Eide, Brock & Eide,Fernette

Parents and doctors often treat learning disabilities based on behavior rather than what is actually happening in the brain to cause that behavior. A diagnosis of ADHD can stem from any ... More

The Power Of the Arts: creative strategies for teaching exceptional learners

by Smith, Sally

Provides an alternative method for teaching academic subjects to students with disabilities, focusing on the arts. Through interviews with teacher-artists, readers will get step-by-step instructions for projects that enable students to ... More

The Short Bus A Journey Beyond Normal

by Mooney, Jonathan

A young man once called unteachable journeys across America to investigate the lives of those, like himself, who are forced to create new ways of living in order to survive Labeled ... More

The Shut-Down Learner: Helping Your Academically Discouraged Child (2) (Hood River)

by Richard Selznick Ph.D

One of the worst feelings a child can have is being discouraged in school. The sense of hopelessness that pervades can become almost insurmountable. This is the emotional experience for the ... More

To Be Gifted & Learning Disabled

by Baum, Susan & Owen, Steven

strategies for helpig bright students with LD, ADHD and more More

Understanding Motor Skills in children with Dyspraxia, ADHD, Austism, and Other Learning Disabilities

by Kurtz, Lisa

Kurtz, a pediatric occupational therapist, offers practical strategies and advice for helping children with coordination difficulties. She explains how to recognize normal and abnormal motor development, and when and how to ... More

What is Dyslexia?

by Hultquist, Alan

Designed to help adults explain dyslexia to children.The author provides information about all the most common types of dyslexia: trouble with sounds, trouble remembering how letters and words look, trouble finding ... More

When Your Child Has . . . Dyslexia (1)

by Abigail Marshall and Vincent Iannelli

Finding out that a child has dyslexia can be shocking and confusing - and thousands of parents get this disturbing news every day. Appearing as early as when a child is ... More

When Your Child Has . . . Dyslexia (3) (Medford)

by Abigail Marshall and Vincent Iannelli

Finding out that a child has dyslexia can be shocking and confusing - and thousands of parents get this disturbing news every day. Appearing as early as when a child is ... More

Why Is Math So Hard for Some Children?

by Berch, Daniel & Mazzocco, Michele

These 35 contributors examine a range of theoretical and practical issues from a variety of perspectives, including special education, educational psychology, developmental psychology, cognitive neuroscience and behavioral genetics. They address historical ... More

You And Your Child Making Sense of Learning Disabilities

by Hollins, Sheila & Martin

This accessibly written resource for parents and caregivers explores some of the emotional and practical consequences of having a child with a learning disability. Drawing upon their personal experience as the ... More