Overcoming Learning Disabilities - General

Books

• Overcoming dyslexia in children, adolescent, and adults / Dale R. Jordan

• Fragments: Copying with attention deficit disorder / Amy E. Stein

• Healing ADD: The breakthrough program that allows you to see and heal the 6 types of ADD / Daniel G. Amen

• Academic success strategies for adolescents with learning disabilities and ADHD / Esther Minskoff and David Allshopp

• Practical strategies for living with dyslexia / Maria Chivers

• ADHD secrets of success: Coaching yourself to fulfillment in the business world / Thom Hartmann

• ADD-friendly ways to organize your life / Judith Kolbert and Kathleen Nadeau

• Making ADHD a gift: Teaching Superman how to fly / Robert Evert Cimera

• Dyslexia: Theory and practice of remedial instruction / Diana B. Clark

• Reading difficulties: Their diagnosis and correction / Guy L. Bond

• Reading problems: Consultation and remediation / P. G. Aaron

• Overcoming dyslexia: A new and complete science-based program for reading problems at any level / Sally E. Shaywitz

• Reading by the color: Overcoming dyslexia and other reading disabilities through the Irlen method / Helen Irlen - M-STACK RC394.W6I75 1991

• The adult dyslexic: Interventions and outcomes / David McLoughlin

Web sites

• National Center for Learning Disabilities - Living with LD

• LDOnline - Self-esteem

• LDOnline - Social Skills

• LDOnline - Transition

• LDOnline - Adult Issues

• Learning Disabilities Association of America - For Adults

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Overcoming Learning Disabilities - College Students

Books

• Learning outside the lines: Two Ivy League students with learning disabilities and ADHD give you the tools for academic success and educational revolution / Jonathan Mooney and David Cole - M-STACK LC4818.5M66 2000

Assistance

• For assistance with audio recording of texts and other books contact:

          Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic

          20 Roszel Rd.

          Princeton, NJ 08540

          (866) 732-3585

          www.rfbd.org

• For information about Admissions Tests, Getting Ready for College, Selecting Postsecondary Transition Programs, How to Choose a College, and Financial Aid for Students with Disabilities contact:         

          HEATH  Resource Center

          One Dupont Circle, Suite 800

          Washington, DC 20036

          (800) 544-3284

• Contact the following organization if you wish to be evaluated for a learning disability. Sliding-scale fees may be available.

          Learning Disability Assn. of Connecticut

          (860) 560-1711

          www.dlact.org

• For general assistance contact the State of Connecticut

          Bureau of Rehabilitation Services

          (800) 537-2549

 

For inquiries or suggestions please contact Chris Scarborough , Learning Disabilities Specialist.

 

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