Recommended Reading for Parents

Books for Students

Hallowell, Edward. (2004). A Walk in the Rain with a Brain.

Levine, Mel. (2001) Jarvis Clutch: Social Spy.

Levine, Mel. (1990) Keeping a Head in School: A Student's Book About Learning Abilities and Learning Disorders.

Polacco, Patricia. (1998). Thank You, Mr. Falker.

Recommended Readings for Parents

Adams, Foorman, Lundbert & Beeler. (1998) Phonemic Awareness in Young Children- A Classroom Curriculum.

Boyles, Nancy. (1998) The Learning Differences Sourcebook.

Brooks, Robert. (2002) Raising Resilient Children.

Brooks, Robert. (2004) The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life.

Costello, E. & Klass, P. (2004) Quirky Kids.

Gottman, John. (1998) Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting.

Greenspan, Stanley. (1996) The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five "Difficult" Types of Children.

Greenspan, Stanley, (1994) Playground Politics: Understanding the Emotional Life of Your School-Age Child.

Hall, S., & Moats, L. (2002) Parenting a Struggling Reader.

Healy, Jane. (1990) Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think and What We Can Do About It.

Healy, Jane. (1998) Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds- for Better and Worse.

Kranowitz, Carol Stock. (2006) The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction.

Kurcinka, Mary S. (1998) Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic.

Large, M. (1992) Who's Bringing Them Up? How to Kick the TV Habit.

Large, M. (2003) Set Free Childhood: Parents' Survival Guide to Coping with Computers and TV.

Levine, Mel. (2002) A Mind at a Time.

Levine, Mel. (1994) Educational Care: A System for Understanding and Helping Children with Learning Problems at Home and at School.

Louv,Richard. (2005) Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. Seligman, Martin. (1996) Optimistic Child: A Proven Program to Safeguard Children against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience.

Seligman, Martin. (1998) Learned Optimism.

Shaywitz, Sally. (2005) Overcoming Dyslexia.

Vail, Priscilla. (1990) About Dyslexia.

Vail, Priscilla. (1989) Smart Kids with School Problems: Things to Know and Ways to Help.