Resources
National
Dyslexia
The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) – www.ida.org
The International Dyslexia Association – SC (IDA-SC) http://sc.dyslexiaida.org
Tufts University Center for Reading and Language Research – www.ase.tufts.edu/crlr/
The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity – dyslexia.yale.edu
National Right to Read Foundation – www.nrrf.org
Dyslexia Help – www.dyslexiahelp.umich.edu
Learning Ally – www.learningally.org (see Breakwater Associates for discount on subscription)
Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level – Dr. Sally Shaywitz
Proust and the Squid – Dr. Maryanne Wolf
Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century: The Literary Agenda – Dr. Maryanne Wolf
Parenting a Struggling Reader – Susan Hall and Louisa Moats
Why Kids Can’t Read, Challenging the Status Quo in Education – Phyllis Blaunstein and Reid Lyon
www.nationalreadingpanel.org (reading)
seedling.tv – a newly sprouted media hub and subscription-based video platform dedicated to creating cause-driven content that retools how we approach learning and growth.
Dyslexia Documentaries
dislecksiathemovie.com
The Big Picture; Rethinking Dyslexia – kpjrfilms.co
Orton-Gillingham Based Reading Instruction Materials
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Special-Inspirations
Speech and Language
American Speech-Hearing-Language Association (ASHA) www.asha.org
Learning Disabilities
The Learning Disabilities Association of America – www.ldaamerica.org or www.ldasc.org
www.ldonline.org (learning disabilities)
ADHD
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) – www.chadd.org
www.attention.com (ADHD)
www.russellbarkley.com (ADHD)
Taking Charge of ADHD, Third Edition: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents – Russell A. Barkley
The ADHD Book of Lists-A Practical Guide for Helping Children and Teens with Attention Deficit Disorder – Sandra Rief
Smart but Scattered – Peg Dawson
Late, Lost, and Unprepared-A Parents’ Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning – Joyce Cooper-Kahn, Ph.D. & Laurie Dietzel, Ph.D.
Autism
Autism Speaks – www.autismspeaks.org
Occupational Therapy
American Occupational Therapy Association – www.aota.org/about-occupational-therapy.aspx
Parenting
Active Parenting – www.activeparenting.com (see Breakwater Associates to purchase online viewing code)
Raising a Self-Disciplined Child – Robert Brooks, Ph.D. and Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.
Raising Relilent Children – Robert Brooks, Ph.D. and Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.
What Really Matters at Home – Susan and John Yates
Siblings without Rivalry – Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Homeschooling
Brain Literacy for Educators and Psychologists-Virginia W. Berninger and Todd L. Richards
Mary Pride’s Complete Guide to Getting Started in Homeschooling – Mary Pride
Special Education Law and Advocacy (IEP’s and 504 Plans)
www.wrightslaw.com
All About IEP’s – Peter W.D. Wright, Esq., Pamela Darr Wright, MA, MSW, Sandra Webb O’Connor, M.Ed.
Special Education Law – Peter W.D. Wright, Esq., Pamela Darr Wright, MA., MSW
From Emotions to Advocacy – Pam Wright and Peter Wright, Founders of Wrightslaw website
All About Tests & Assessments – Melissa Lee Farrall, Ph.D., SAIF, Pamela Darr Wright, MA., MSW, Peter W.D. Wright, Esq.
Children with Special Needs
Facebook: Special Books by Special Kids
Website: www.specialbooksbyspecialkids.com
Nutrition
Broccoli Boot Camp, by Keith E. Williams, Ph.D., BCBA and Laura Seiverling, Ph.D., BCBA – www.woodbinehouse.com
Charleston/South Carolina
Dyslexia
South Carolina Branch of the International Dyslexia Association – sc.dyslexiaida.org
Trident Academy – www.tridentacademy.com
The Dyslexia Dilemma http://childhood-developmental-disorders.imedpub.com/the-dyslexia-dilemma-a-history-of-ignorance-complacency-and-resistance-in-colleges-of-education.php?aid=11208
ABA Therapy
Carolina Coastal Behavioral Therapy – www.ccbs-sc.com
New Horizons Therapy – www.newhorizonstherapy.net
Autism
Trident Academy – www.tridentacademy.com
CHADD – www.chadd.org
Summer camp for individuals on the Autism Spectrum: www.campgoodtimesofcharleston.org
ADHD
Occupational Therapy
Sensory Processing
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