Recommended Reading for Parents

Books for Parents

Resources and Information for Parents

Parenting a struggling student is a journey that requires patience, understanding, advocacy and — most importantly — information. The documents and links below provide access to a variety of information sources to help parents find the information they need to support the children they love.

1. A Parent’s Guide to Learning Disabilities: Facts about common learning disabilities, resources and strategies on ADD / ADHD; Dyslexia; Dyscalculia and Dysgraphia; Autism.

http://www.guidetoonlineschools.com/library/learning-disabilities

2. What are Learning Disabilities? An Overview.

http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/learning/learning_disabilities.html

3. A Parent’s Guide to Assistive Technology: The excellent E-ssential Guide includes articles, worksheets and suggested resources to help parents find appropriate technological supports for their struggling children.

http://www.greatschools.org/pdfs/e_guide_at.pdf?date=3-13-06&status=new

4. What’s It Like to Have Dyslexia? An Overview of diagnosis, strategies and how dyslexics can perceive text.

http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/learning/dyslexia.html

Co-Occurring Conditions Associated with Dyslexia: A brief look at ADHD, memory impairments, struggles with math, emotional and behavior disorders.

http://children.webmd.com/tc/dyslexia-overview?page=2

5. Supporting Your Dyslexic Child: Strategies for supporting and valuing your child’s learning difference.

http://www.webmd.com/parenting/guide/helping-your-child-with-dyslexia

6. Sensory Integration: Insight into why some children have significant sensitivity to noise, crowds, taste, fabrics…

http://www.sensory-processing-disorder.com/

7. Executive Function: How this relatively new field of study impacts organization, problem-solving and multi-step tasks and projects.

http://learningdisabilities.about.com/od/eh/a/executive_funct.htm

http://www.scholastic.com/resources/article/explaining-executive-function