melb
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Post by melb on Dec 1, 2012 17:59:55 GMT -5
What books helped you the most with understanding and helping your child or gave you emotional reassurance that you were not alone in the special Ed journey? Or even the Book you still refer to now years later?
For me it was The secret life of The Dyslexic child
It was easy to read and follow during a time where I felt overloaded in terms and acronyms. So the book explained things I wondered about and helped make sense of a lot that was going on and helped keep me motivated to get the school to help.
On a different subject I was given an autism book by Jennie McCarthy recently from a relative who insisted I don't have a clue about Autism after I asked if she tried an IPad or if the school did ABA ( after quietly listening for an hour of all the problems w/ conventional education and medicine - I missed that hint) Well her choice in book to share gave me insight into her beliefs on the best way she can help her child and what she is doing.
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Post by healthy11 on Dec 2, 2012 9:35:50 GMT -5
Three of my favorite books are: The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain by Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide, ISBN 978-1-59463-079-8 (2011) Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual-Spatial Learner, by Linda Kreger Silverman, ISBN 1-932186-00-X Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child by Jeffrey Freed and Laurie Parsons, ISBN 0-684-84793-0 pbk. Since my child is "2e" (twice exceptional) I've compiled a long list of many more resources (both print and online information) in this thread: millermom.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Education&action=display&thread=9972
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Post by maggie on Dec 2, 2012 16:46:56 GMT -5
For me it was Helping Children with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities to Flourish: A Guide for Parents and Professionals by Marilyn Martin.
It's a mother's account of her experiences with her NLD daughter. My son has a number of NLD traits and I found this book provided helpful strategies and perhaps more importantly for me, a positive message that these kids can be successful (when a lot of the information out there about NLD can feel quite discouraging).
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Post by melb on Dec 2, 2012 22:52:29 GMT -5
Healthy and Maggie thank you, the books you listed ar great and helpful! Healthy the list of info you have gathered is AMAZING! Thank you both, I was looking for books as a gift that a mother of newly diagnosed could like as this was her request for holidays and these are gap great help.
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Post by healthy11 on Dec 2, 2012 23:28:18 GMT -5
melb, you're welcome! (I wouldn't say my list is amazing...it just serves as a reminder of how many years I've been accumulating data in an effort to "educate educators" and others about my son and similar 2e kids.)
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Post by SharonF on Dec 3, 2012 9:38:38 GMT -5
I entered this process more than a decade ago, so my list has "old" books on it. The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald Davis. ISBN 13: 9780399535666 Mostly a useless infomercial for the Davis method. But it was my first glimpse into "picture thinking" and how people who think in pictures struggle with various aspects of language processing--especially in the classroom. So this book was my first "light bulb moment" when the school kept insisting my son was just lazy and didn't have a learning disability. When the Brain Can't Hear by Teri James Bellis. ISBN-13: 9780743428644 Helped me to understand how auditory processing disorder is similar to, yet different from, dyslexia. I remember reading a few passages out loud at my son's IEP meeting--to convince the gatekeepers my son's difficulties were REAL. Understanding Girls with ADHD. Quinn, Nadeau, et al. ISBN-13: 978-0966036657 HUGE help in combatting the ADHD stereotypes based on hyperactive little boys. My dd has ADHD-inattentive, NLD and CAPD. From Emotions to Advocacy. Peter and Pam Wright. ISBN-13: 978-1892320094 What a treasure: How to interpret eval scores. Why schools deny IEPs. Why schools refuse certain IEP categories. How to write effective IEP goals and accurately measure progress. This book really helped me become an effective advocate for my two kids. Anything written by Mel Levine. www.amazon.com/Mel-Levine/e/B000APOX2QDr. Levine's approach was to try to understand the whole child, not just slap a label on the kid to get an IEP. That's in direct contrast with the typical IEP process. His books provide incredible insight into how to find each kid's unique gifts, how kids' behaviors are often far more telling than their words, and how to focus on what really matters. Despite the claims of child sexual abuse that led to his suicide last year, I believe Dr. Levine's writings about empowering kids with learning differences are still spot-on. I would like to read "Helping Children with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Flourish." Especially if you say it was applicable to your daughter. When my daughter was diagnosed with NLD a decade ago, I found precious little written about girls with NLD. Nearly everything about NLD was about boys with extreme social awkwardness. My dd is shy but not socially awkward. In fact, she's extremely empathetic and incredibly good at reading body language and tone of voice. Maybe NLD researchers and authors have made big strides in the past ten years!
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