Students Who Learn Differently
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- This book doesn't make
senscenssnsscenssense (Living and Learning with Dyslexia)
Augur, J. (1981; reissued, 1996) Whurr Publishers, Ltd., London.
The introduction to this wonderful, practical, easy-to-read book states, "I consider myself to be in a unique position. I am the mother of dyslexic sons and a teacher of dyslexic children." Her account of both of her sons struggles and achievements as well as those of some of the students she taught is richly illustrated with examples of what parents and teachers should look for when they think there might be a problem. A definite must for parents, support groups, and teachers.
- The 1998 Dyslexia Handbook
British Dyslexia Association. (1998) 98 London Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5AU. Can be ordered by enclosing a check for £5.00, plus postage, made out to the British Dyslexia Association. You can also order by phone (see Useful Addresses) and payment can be made by major credit card.
Contains more than 200 pages of information on how to recognize and live with dyslexia. It is aimed at dyslexics, their parents, teachers and employers.
- The Gift of Dyslexia
Davies, Ronald D. (1994) Souvenir Press.
"The author is dyslexic and vividly describes the 'disorientation' which interfered with his own learning. In clear simple language and large dyslexia-friendly print, he sets out his program of 'orientation counseling' and 'symbol mastery' which is dyslexics' special ability to think in images or with their 'mind's eye'. This is not a self help manual, but would encourage young adult dyslexics as well as giving teachers fresh ideas and practical tips which are consistent with effective multi sensory teaching methods. (This review is taken from the Spring 1996 edition of the News and Views, published by the Scottish Dyslexia Trust - see Useful Addresses)
- Overcoming Dyslexia
Hornsby, Dr. Bevá. London: Vermillon. Price £8.99.
Dyslexia is commonly defined as a difficulty in learning to read and write, because it is at this stage of a child's development that the problem becomes most obvious. But what is it, and how can parents and teachers help their children? Dr. Hornsby combines her experience as a psychologist, teacher and speech therapist to specialize in helping children with dyslexia. She has written this excellent book for them, their families and schools in order that the problems of dyslexia can be understood and tackled effectively. (description taken from book cover)
- A Parent's Guide to ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS
Bain, L. (1991) New York, NY: Dell Publishing, A Division of Bantam, Doubleday, Dell Publishing Group.
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment
Barkeley, R. (1990) New York, NY: Guilford Publications.
- Maybe You Know My Kid
Fowler, M. (1994). New York, NY: Birch Lane Press, A Division of Carol Publishing Group.
- Children on Medication, Volume I
Gadow, K. (1986) California: Canter & Associates.
- Driven to Distraction
Hallowell, E. & Ratey, J. (1994) New York, NY: Pantheon Books.
- Answers to Distraction
Hallowell, E. & Ratey, J. (1994) New York, NY: Pantheon Books.
- Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception
Hartmann, T. (1993) Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller.
- ADD Success Stories: A Guide to Fulfillment for Families with Attention Deficit Disorder
Hartman, T. (1995) California: Underwood Books.
- Attention Deficit Disorder and the Law: A Guide for Advocates
Latham, P. & Latham, P. (1992) Washington, DC: JKL Communications.
- Mommy I Can't Sit Still
O'Leary, D. New Horizons Press
- ADD and the College Student
Quinn, P. (1994) New York, NY: Magination Press.
- The Hyperactive Child, Adolescent, and Adult: Attention Deficit Disorder Through The Lifespan
Wender, Paul H., M.D. (1987) New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- You & Your A.D.D. Child
Warren, P. & Capchart, J. (1995) Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers.
- Hyperactive Children Grown-Up
Weiss, G. & Hechtman, L. (1986) New York, NY: The Guilford Press
- National Institute of Mental Health Report: Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder Handout
Can be found at http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/adhdmenu.cfm
- Author, A True Story
Lester, Helen. 1997. Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003.http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com
A book for young, aspiring writers (primary school level) who may or may not be learning-differently students by an author who is one. Helen Lester tells about her life from age three to the present, describing some of the many hurdles she had to overcome to attain her goals, including mirror writing.
- How to Get Into the College of Your Choice . . . and How to Finance It
Stewart, Jayme (1991) Willam Marrow and Company, Inc., 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.
Chapter 14 in this book details tactics for getting into college for students who learn differently.
- Keeping A Head in School: A Student's Book about Learning Abilities and Learning Disorders
Levine, Melvin D., M.D. Educator's Publishing Service, Inc. 31 Smith Place, Cambridge, MA 02138. price $22. (Cassette recordings also available for $27.85 for six 90 minute cassettes)
Students with learning disorders can gain important insights into their problems with this nonfiction book that combines realism with justifiable optimism. Dr. Levine helps students not only to understand their own strengths and weaknesses but also more fully appreciate their individuality. His work promotes motivation as he suggests specific ways to approach work, bypass or overcome learning disorders, and manage the struggles that may beset students in school. Keeping A Head in School can sometimes provide a shared reading experience: for example, parents and children can read the book together, developing a common vocabulary and understanding about the learning process. A tutor, counselor, or psychotherapist might want to discuss a particular chapter with a student. It may also be of interest to children without learning disorders. It could be a resource on health, development, learning, or psychology in the secondary school; or it could be reading matter for siblings or friends of students with learning disorders. (Description taken from Educator's Publishing catalog)
- The following suggestions come from The International Dyslexia Association website; this is only a partial listing:
- The Worst Speller in Jr. High
Janover, Caroline. Edited by Rosemary Wallner. 1995. Free Spirit Publishing, Inc., 400 First Avenue North, Suite 616, Minneapolis, MN 55401. http://www.freespirit.com.
The worst speller in junior high is an almost-14-year-old girl, named Katie, who has aspirations to become a P.K. ("popular kid") and start going out with boys by Thanksgiving, or by Christmas at the latest. As she copes, she faces embarrassments about her dyslexia, but becomes appreciative of her learning differences and the differences in others.
- My Name is Brain/Brian
Betancourt, Jeanne. 1993. New York: Scholastic, Inc.
A book about Brian and his sixth grade year in school where he learns to respect his own intelligence and creativity and embarks on the path toward managing his dyslexia.
- No One To Play With
Osman, Betty & Blinder, Henriette. Academic Therapy Publications, 20 Commercial Blvd., Novato, CA 94949, (415) 883 33 14.
Describes the problems children with learning disabilities face every day, including getting along with others and dealing with family crises.
- Do Bananas Chew Gum?
Gilson, Jamie. 1980. Pocket Books.
A story for kids about a boy with a spelling disability, his feelings, and eventual understanding of his learning difference.
- Get Off My Brain: A Survival Guide for Lazy Students
McCutcheon, Randall. Free Spirit Publishing, Inc., 400 First Avenue North, Suite 616, Minneapolis, MN 55401. http://www.freespirit.com.
A wit-and-wisdom book for high school and college students which helps them to understand differences in learning and teaching styles and ways to cope in the classroom.
- College and the High School Student with Learning Disabilities: The Student's Perspective
Wren, Carol. 1987. DePaul University/ Project Learning Strategies, DePaul University, SAC 220, 2323 N. Seminary, Chicago, IL 60614.
This booklet discusses, through the stories of two learning disabled students, what college is like and what students can do while still in high school to prepare.
- Day-To-Day Dyslexia in the Classroom
Pollock, Joy and Waller, Elisabeth. 1994. Routledge, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE, Great Britain.
- Dyslexia: A Teaching Handbook
Thomson, Dr. M.E. & Watkins, E. J., Principals, East Court School for Dyslexic Children. (1990) Ramsgate: Whurr Publishers Limited, 19b Compton Terrace, London N1 2UN, England.
Contains information on how to set up a dyslexia unit, principals of teaching, general classroom procedures, suggestions on how to grade work, reading, writing, spelling, the older student, and computers and the dyslexic.
- A Guide for Parent & Educators: Attention Deficit Disorder
McEwan, E. (1995) Illinois: Harold Shaw Publishers.
- Help for the Dyslexic Adolescent
Stirling, E. G. 1995. St. David's College. Available from E. G. Stirling, 114 Westbourne Road, Sheffield, S10 2 QT, Great Britain.
- Mathematics For Dyslexics: A Teaching Handbook
Chinn, S. and Ashcroft, JR. (Eds.) Whurr. 1993.
- School-based Assessments and Interventions for ADD Students
Swanson, J. (1992) California: K. C. Publishing.
- Spelling Revisited (or: Does it really matter?)
Stirling, E. G. 1996. Printing Resources, The University of Sheffield, Bolsover Street, Sheffield S3 7NA, Great Britain.
- The following two books are available from:
Hawthorne Educational Services, Inc.
800 Gray Oak Drive
Columbia, MO 65201 USA
Tel: (800) 542 16 73
Fax: (800) 441 95 09
- Ready to Use Learning Disabilities Activity Kit
Harwell, Joan. Catalogue #APP05. Price: $27.95.
- Taming the Dragons; Real Help for Real School Problems
Setley, Susan. Catalogue # AST01. Price: $23.00.
A book of strategies for working with students with all kinds of learning disabilities
- 7 Kinds of Smart
Armstrong, T. (1993) Plume Books, A Division of Penguin Books.
- Multiple intelligences: The Theory in Practice
Gardner, H. (1993) New York, NY: Basic Books, A Division of Harper Collins.
- Emotional Intelligence
Goleman, D. (1995) New York, NY: Bantam Books.
- Endangered Minds
Healy, Jane M., Ph.D. New York: A Touchstone Book. Simon and Schuster. Price $11.
Jane M. Healy examines the reasons why children today are less able to concentrate, less able to absorb and analyze information, less able literally to think than the generations that preceded them. Growing brains are physically shaped by experience. Today's children, bombarded by a fast-paced media culture, develop different "habits of mind" than did those of previous decades. Proving that the basic intelligence of children is not at issue, Healy shows how parents and teachers can make a critical difference by making them good learners not only during their school years but lifelong. (description taken from book cover)
- Educational Care: A System for Understanding and Helping Children with Learning Problems at Home or in School
Levine, Melvin, M.D. Educator's Publishing Service, Inc, 31 Smith Place, Cambridge, MA 02138. Price $28.
Written for both parents and teachers, Educational Care is based on the view that education should be a system of care that is able to look after the specific needs of individual students. Using case studies, it identifies and illustrates twenty-five common behaviors or phenomena, observed in children at different ages, which often inhibit or interfere with their school performance. After an analysis of each behavior, there are suggestions for both parents and teachers about what they can do to help the student with the particular learning problem. In addition, each chapter points out ways that adults can demystify the particular disability for the child by naming, explaining, and discussing it with him or her. Following the descriptions of all the behaviors, the book examines a process for evaluating students and then describes an approach for influencing and managing their disabilities. A key element for success is a collaboration between parents and teachers to provide consistent support and targeted help for the specific problems of individual children. (Description taken from Educator's Publishing catalog.)
- Learning Styles
Vail. P. (1992) New Jersey: Modern Learning Press In the Mind's Eye West, T. (1991) New York: Prometheus Press. Price $26.95
This book is a kind of extended essay on the curious connections between creative ability, visual thinking, academic learning difficulties, and the remarkable people who, more or less, seem to have embodied these characteristics. New opportunities are currently unfolding that may require special talents and abilities in just those areas where many individuals with learning difficulties often have their greatest strength, such as in the visualization of scientific concepts and the analysis and manipulation of complex, three-dimensional information graphically displayed on personal computers. Evidence suggests that the conventional educational system may be focusing on the wrong kinds of skills and weeding out many of those who might have the most to give. Perhaps in the future we might see the solution of difficult problems in statistics, molecular biology, materials development, or higher mathematics coming from people who are graphic artists, sculptors, craftsmen, film makers, or designers of animated computer graphics. Different kinds of problems and different kinds of tools may require different talents and favor different kinds of brains. (description taken from book cover). Also contains profiles of such famous learning-differently people as Faraday, Einstein, Edison, da Vinci, Churchill, Patton, and Yeats.
- A Little Edge of Darkness
Faludy, Alexander & Faludy, Tanya. 1996. Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd., 116 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JB, England and 1900 Frost Road, Suite 101, Bristol, PA 19007, USA.
A boy's and a mother's triumph over dyslexia. Even though severely dyslexic, Alexander Faludy was the youngest person ever to pass the English Literature GCSE, at the age of nine, and an A level, at the age of eleven. Very readable.
- Overcoming Underachieving: An action guide to helping your child succeed in school
Goldstein, S.D. and Mather, N. 1998. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
An excellent resource for families with children who are struggling with a variety of learning difficulties, including attention deficits and dyslexia.
- Survival Guide for College Students with ADD or LD
Nadeau, K. (1994). New York, NY: Magination Press.
- Helping Children Overcome Learning Difficulties
Rosner, Dr. Jerome. Walker and Company, 435 Hudson Street, New York, New York, 10014. Price $18.95.
A step by step guide for parents and teachers to help children who have learning problems. It includes information about how and why to administer tests of visual analysis and auditory skills. It also features emphasis on language development activities and reading comprehension, perceptual skills, and development of an action plan to give each child maximum help.
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