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Reading List - For Parents Below are a few books that our directors and teaching staff recommend to parents to help them work with their child. The live links, where provided, will direct you to either an archived document or a link to purchase the article/book.“A Nation at Risk. Portland, OR: USA Research, Inc.” - The National Commission on Excellence in Education (1984). “A Parent’s Guide to Effective Instruction” - IDA “Adolescents and Adults with Dyslexia” - IDA “At Risk Students and the Study of a Foreign Language in School ” - IDA “Basic Facts and Other Reading Problems” - Moats, L.C. & Dakin, K.E. (2007) “Common Core State Standards and Students with Disabilities” - IDA “Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder” - Hallowell, E.M., MD & Ratey, J.J., MD “Evaluating Educational Professionals” - IDA “From ABC to ADHD, What Parents Should Know About Dyslexia and Attention Problems” - Tridas, E. “Gifted and Dyslexic: Identifying and Instructing the Twice Exceptional Student” - IDA “Helpful Terminology” - IDA “Homeschooling a Student with Dyslexia” - IDA “Is My Child Dyslexic” - IDA “It’s So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success” - Lavoie, R. “Managing your Child’s Education” - IDA - Perspectives “Motivation Breakthrough, 6 Secrets to Turing on the Tuned Out Child” - Lavoie, R. “Orton Gillingham Based and Multisensory Level Education Approaches to Education” - IDA “Overcoming Dyslexia” - Shaywitz, S.E. “Parenting a Struggling Reader” - Hall, S., Moats, L. “Raising a Self-Disciplined Child: Help Your Child Become More Responsible, Confident, and Resilient” - Brooks, R. & Goldstein, S “Raising Resilient Children : Fostering Strength, Hope, and Optimism in Your Child” - Brooks, R. & Goldstein, S “Recommended Reading for Children and Teens” - IDA “Recommended Reading for Children and Teens with Learning Disabilities” - IDA “Recommended Reading for Parents” - IDA “Straight Talk about Reading: How Parents Can Make a Difference During the Early Years” - Hall, S., Goodman, L., Myers, L. “The Dyslexia-Stress-Anxiety Connection ” - IDA “Transitioning from High School to College: Help for Students with Learning Disabilities” - IDA “Understanding Dysgraphia” - IDA “Understanding Dyslexia” - IDA “When Educational Promises are too Good to be True” - IDA - Perspectives “Why Homeschool a Dyslexic Child” - IDA
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8/19/2019 - On the Radio - an interview with Dean of Faculty
An interview re: local teachers pursue training
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