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Negotiating the Special Education Maze: A Guide for Parents & Teachers

By Winifred Anderson, Stephen Chitwood, and Deidre Hayden. Woodbine House; 3rd edition (June 1997)

Strong-Willed Child or Dreamer? Understanding the Crucial Differences Between a Strong-Willed Child and a Creative-Sensitive Child

By Ron Braund, Dana Spears. Thomas Nelson, February 1996

Homework Without Tears: A Parent's Guide for Motivating Children to do Homework and to Succeed in School

By Lee Canter and Lee Hausner, Ph.D. HarperResource, January 2005

Learning How to Learn: Getting into and Surviving College When You Have a Learning Disability

By Joyanne Cobb. Child Welfare League of America, Incorporated (NBN), Revised edition, February 2003

Learning Outside the Lines: Two Ivy League Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD Give You the Tools for Academic Success and Educational Revolution

By David Cole and Jonathan Mooney. Fireside, September 2000

The Gift of Dyslexia: Why Some of the Smartest People Can't Read and How They Can Learn

By Ronald D. Davis, Eldon M. Braun. Perigee, April 1997

The Gift of Learning: Proven New Methods for Correcting ADD, Math & Handwriting Problems

By Ronald D. Davis, Eldon M. Braun. Perigee, August 2003

The Secret Life of the Dyslexic Child: How She Thinks. How He Feels. How They Can Succeed.

By Robert Frank, Kathryn E. Livingston. Rodale Press, June 2004

Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child.

By Jeffrey Freed and Laurie Parsons. Fireside, 1998.

Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head

By Carla Hannaford. Great Ocean Publishers, 1995.

Your Child's Growing Mind: Brain Development and Learning from Birth to Adolescence

By Jane Healy. Broadway, 3rd edition, May 2004

Reading by the Colors: Overcoming Dyslexia and Other Reading Disabilities Through the Irlen Method

By Helen Irlen. Perigee Books, January 2001

Uniquely Gifted: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of the Twice Exceptional Student

By Kiesa Kay (editor). Avocus Publishing, July 2000

The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction

By Carol Stock Kranowitz and Larry B. Silver. Perigee Books, 1998.

The Human Side of Dyslexia: 142 Interviews with Real People Telling Real Stories About Their Coping Strategies with Dyslexia — Kindergarten through College

By Shirley Kurnoff. London Universal Publishing, November 2001

A Mind at a Time

By Mel Levine. Simon & Schuster, January 2003

The Myth of Laziness

By Mel Levine. Simon & Schuster, January 2003

Reading Reflex: The Foolproof Phono-Graphix Method for Teaching Your Child to Read

By Carmen and Geoffrey McGuinness. Fireside, August 1999

The LCP Solution: The Remarkable Nutritional Treatment for ADHD, Dyslexia, and Dyspraxia

By Malcolm J. Nicholl and Jacqueline Stordy, Ballantine Books, 2000

The Dyslexic Scholar: Helping Your Child Succeed in the School System

By Kathleen Nosek. Taylor Trade Publishing, April 1995

Dreamers, Discoverers and Dynamos: How to Help the Child Who Is Bright, Bored and Having Problems in School

By Lucy Jo Palladino. Ballantine Books, January 1999

Peterson's Colleges for Students With Learning Disabilities or ADD

By Petersons. Petersons Guides, seventh edition, October 2003

Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools You Should Know About Even If You're Not a Straight-A Student

By Loren Pope. Penguin USA, Revised edition, August 2000

The Complete IEP Guide: How to Advocate for Your Special Ed Child

By Lawrence M. Siegel and Marcia Stewart. Nolo Press, March 1999

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

By Sally Shaywitz, M.D. Knopf, April 2003

Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual Spatial Learner

By Linda Kreger Silverman. DeLeon Publishing, Inc., November 2002

The Writing Road to Reading: The Spalding Method for Teaching Speech, Spelling, Writing, and Reading

By Romalda Bishop Spalding and Mary Elizabeth North. HarperResource, 5th Revised edition, February 2003

The LD Child and ADHD Child: Ways Parents and Professionals Can Help

By Suzanne H. Stevens. John F Blair Pub, Revised edition, February 1996

How to Reach and Teach Children and Teens with Dyslexia: A Parent and Teacher Guide to Helping Students of All Ages Academically, Socially, and Emotionally

By Cynthia M. Stowe. Jossey-Bass, June 2002

Dyslexia: Practical and Easy-to-Follow Advice

By Robin Temple. HarperCollins-UK, January 1999

Unicorns Are Real: A Right-Brained Approach to Learning

By Barbara Meister Vitale. Jalmar Press, 1982

In the Mind's Eye: Visual Thinkers, Gifted People with Dyslexia and Other Learning Difficulties, Computer Images and the Ironies of Creativity

By Thomas G. West. Prometheus Books, Updated edition, September 1997

Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Challenge and Motivate Struggling Students

By Susan Winebrenner and Pamela Espeland. Free Spirit Publishing, May 1996

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