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In this section of the Roads to Learning website, you will find a mini media kit, lists of videos and other electronic resources, our core collection of LD books, a review of available assistive technology, and the Roads to Learning Resource Packet as PDF. The Top 20 LD resources are listed below.
Top 20 LD Resources for Libraries
Authority: Items on this list were recommended by the Roads to Learning National Advisory Board and other trusted advisors, both LD experts and librarians who serve people with learning disabilities.
General note: Key resources should be obtained in as many formats as possible.
Bridges to Reading, Second Edition
San Mateo, CA: Schwab Learning, 1999. Beginning steps for parents in identifying, understanding, and addressing reading problems experienced by their children.
Cicci, Regina
What's wrong with me? Learning disabilities at home and school. MD: York Press, Inc.,1995. ISBN 0-912752-38-6 $26.50 Phone: 800-962-2763 Common learning disabilities and how to work with people who have them.
Dyslexia: A Different Kind of Mind
(Video, 29 min.) Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1997. $129.00 Phone: 800-257-5126 Web orders: http://www.films.com Basic science, strengths and challenges, multisensory teaching strategies and assistive technology.
Fisher, Gary and Rhoda Cummings
The survival guide for kids with LD. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing, 1990. ISBN 0-915793-18-0 $9.95 trade paper or Demco Media ISBN 0-606-02704-1 $15.15 Trade cloth Also Free Spirit: ISBN 0-915793-20-2 $10.00 Paper book and audiocassette. ISBN 0-915793-21-0, Audiocassette only. Free Spirit's phone: 800-735-7323. LD in terms kids can understand, emphasizing that kids with LD can be winners too. Ages 8-12, reading level 2.7. Also available in Spanish."Highly recommended" — VOYA
Fisher, Gary and Rhoda Cummings
When your child has LD: A survival guide for parents. MN: Free Spirit Publishing, 1995. ISBN 0-915793-87-3 $12.95 Paper Phone: 800-735-7323. Effects of LD, legal rights, "dos and don'ts," and case studies.
Hall, Susan L. and Louisa C. Moats
Straight talk about reading: How parents can make a difference in the early years. Chicago, IL: Contemporary Publishing Company, 1998. ISBN 0-8092-2857-2 $12.95 How children learn to read plus practical advice on reading guidance.
Hallowell, Edward
When you worry about the child you love. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1997. ISBN 0-684-83268-2 $11.00 Perfect DIANE, 1999 ISBN 0-7881-6000-1 $23.00 Trade cloth General reference, causes, symptoms, effects and possible treatment of over 30 conditions.
How Difficult Can This Be? F.A.T. City
(70 minutes, video and manual) Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1990. $49.95 Available from WETA Videos Phone: 800-343-5540 (9-5 ET, Mon-Fri) or through LD OnLine www.ldonline.org Rick Lavoie explores the difficulties faced by children with LD via simulations that recreate their experience.
Hurford, Daphne M. (1998)
To read or not to read: Answers to all your questions about dyslexia. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1998. ISBN 0-684-83950-4 $23.00 Trade cloth ISBN: 0-684-85541-0 $14.00 Trade paper, 1999 Types of dyslexia, current theory, diagnosis, remediation, technology, resource list.
LD OnLine (Web site)
http://www.ldonline.org
Washington, DC: WETA. One of the best sites on the Web for learning disabilities information, reading research, teacher tips, links to other resources and much more. Visit the Kids' Zone too.
Levine, Mel
All kinds of minds: A young student's book about learning abilities and learning disorders. Cambridge, MA: Educators Publishing Service, 1993. ISBN 0-8388-2090-5 $24.75 Trade paper Also on audiocassette. Phone: 800-225-5750 Shows kids how they learn, what makes it difficult, and how strengths can be used to improve.
Osman, Betty B.
Learning disabilities and ADHD: A family guide to living and learning together. Revised edition NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1997. ISBN 0-471-15510-1 $14.95 Paper text A practical update of a respected volume.
Peterson's Guide to Colleges
Programs for students with learning disabilities or attention deficit disorders, Fifth Edition.
Magrum, Charles T. II and Stephen S. Strichart (Eds.)Princeton, NJ: Peterson, 1997 ISBN 1-56079-853-X $32.95 Trade paper with CD-ROM More than 900 two-year colleges and universities with special services. Get the most current edition.
Reiff, Henry, Paul Gerber, and Rick Ginsberg
Exceeding Expectations: Successful Adults with Learning Disabilities. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed, 1997. ISBN 0-89079-705-6 $27.00 Paper text Success rather than failure, ability rather than disability, and what leads to positive outcomes.
Roby, Cynthia
When Learning is Tough: Kids Talk About Learning Disabilities Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Co., 1994. ISBN 0-8075-8892-X $13.95 Paper Tells how young people with learning problems feel, and illustrates that learning problems can be solved. Elementary and middle school.
Silver, Larry B.
The misunderstood child: A guide for parents of children with learning disabilities. Third Edition. NY: Times Books, 1998. ISBN 0-8129-2987-3 Trade cloth Ways to help LD youngsters, including social, emotional and family issues related to learning disabilities.
Smith, Corinne and Lisa Strick
Learning disabilities A TO Z: A parent's complete guide to learning disabilities from preschool to adulthood. NY: The Free Press, 1997. ISBN 0-684-82738-7 $25.00 Trade cloth or NY: Simon & Schuster, 1999. ISBN 0-684-84468-0 $15.00 Trade paper Causes, identification, treatment, and management of LD.
Smith, Sally L.
No easy answers: The learning disabled child at home and at school. NY: Bantam, 1995. ISBN 0-553-35450-7 $12.95 Also in hard cover and cassette versions, and languages other than English. Creative, practical ideas for diverse populations.
Transitions to Postsecondary Learning
(Video, 47 min.) Canada: No Boundary Communications, 1998. ISBN 0-968407-1-2 $139.95 Guides and workbook included. Phone: 800-933-4063 Basic explanation of LD plus practical steps for successful education beyond high school. Recommended by Booklist, 3/1/99.
Vail, Priscilla L. (Ed.)
Smart kids with school problems: Things to know and ways to help. New York: New American Library/Dutton, 1987. ISBN 0-525-24557-x $18.95 Suggestions for success in school, preschool through college.