Resources
Books
The Myth of Ability: Nurturing Mathematical Talent in Every Child
By: John Mighton
A student in a remedial class who couldn't count by twos is now in an academic program a year ahead of her grade level. An entire Grade 3 class, including so-called slow learners, scores over 90% on a ...
A student in a remedial class who couldn't count by twos is now in an academic program a year ahead of her grade level. An entire Grade 3 class, including so-called slow learners, scores over 90% on a ...
The Hate U Give
By: Angie Thomas
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when ...
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when ...
The Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction is Hijacking our Kids and How to Break the Trance
By: Nicholas Kardaras
We’ve all seen them: kids hypnotically staring at glowing screens in restaurants, in playgrounds and in friends' houses―and the numbers are growing. Like a virtual scourge, the illuminated glowing fac ...
We’ve all seen them: kids hypnotically staring at glowing screens in restaurants, in playgrounds and in friends' houses―and the numbers are growing. Like a virtual scourge, the illuminated glowing fac ...
The Myth of the ADHD Child, Revised Edition: 101 Ways to Improve Your Child's Behavior and Attention Span Without Drugs, Labels, or Coercion
By: Thomas Armstrong PHD
Dr. Thomas Armstrong made the controversial argument that many behaviors labeled as ADD or ADHD are simply a child's active response to complex social, emotional, and educational influences. In this f ...
Dr. Thomas Armstrong made the controversial argument that many behaviors labeled as ADD or ADHD are simply a child's active response to complex social, emotional, and educational influences. In this f ...
Executive Function in Education, First Edition: From Theory to Practice
By: Lynn Meltzer
This uniquely integrative book brings together research on executive function processes from leaders in education, neuroscience, and psychology. It focuses on how to apply current knowledge to assessm ...
This uniquely integrative book brings together research on executive function processes from leaders in education, neuroscience, and psychology. It focuses on how to apply current knowledge to assessm ...
Promoting Executive Functions in the Classroom
By: Lynn Meltzer
Accessible and practical, this book helps teachers incorporate executive function processes—such as planning, organizing, prioritizing, and self-checking—into the classroom curriculum. Chapters provid ...
Accessible and practical, this book helps teachers incorporate executive function processes—such as planning, organizing, prioritizing, and self-checking—into the classroom curriculum. Chapters provid ...
Nonverbal Learning Disorder: Understanding and Coping with NLD and Asperger's - What Parents and Teachers Need to Know
By: Rondalyn Varney Whitney
Rondalyn Varney Whitney--a pediatric occupational therapist and the parent of a child with NLD--offers practical solutions, the latest information, and all-new activities that will help parents put th ...
Rondalyn Varney Whitney--a pediatric occupational therapist and the parent of a child with NLD--offers practical solutions, the latest information, and all-new activities that will help parents put th ...
Mindset: How You Can Fulfill Your Potential
By: Carol Dweck
In this brilliant book, Dweck shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we approach our goals. People with a fi ...
In this brilliant book, Dweck shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we approach our goals. People with a fi ...
The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius
By: Kristine Barnett
The extraordinary memoir of a mother's love, commitment and nurturing, which allowed her son, originally diagnosed with severe autism, to flourish into a universally recognized genius--and how any par ...
The extraordinary memoir of a mother's love, commitment and nurturing, which allowed her son, originally diagnosed with severe autism, to flourish into a universally recognized genius--and how any par ...
Lost at School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges Are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them
By: Ross Greene
The wasted human potential is tragic. In so many schools, kids with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges are still poorly understood and treated in a way that is completely at odds with what i ...
The wasted human potential is tragic. In so many schools, kids with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges are still poorly understood and treated in a way that is completely at odds with what i ...
The Source for Nonverbal Learning Disorders
By: Sue Thompson
NLD is an often misunderstood and under-recognized syndrome. Consequently, children with NLD do not receive appropriate treatment. Because these children are bright, highly verbal, and early readers ...
NLD is an often misunderstood and under-recognized syndrome. Consequently, children with NLD do not receive appropriate treatment. Because these children are bright, highly verbal, and early readers ...
Websites
AQETA/LDAQ
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Association Québécoise des Troubles d'Apprentissage/Learning Disabilities Association of Quebec
Association Québécoise des Troubles d'Apprentissage/Learning Disabilities Association of Quebec
Videos
How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop
By: Rick Lavoie
This unique program allows viewers to experience the same frustration, anxiety and tension that children with learning disabilities face in their daily lives. Teachers, social workers, psychologists, ...
This unique program allows viewers to experience the same frustration, anxiety and tension that children with learning disabilities face in their daily lives. Teachers, social workers, psychologists, ...