Educator Portal · Learning Disabilities Kits

• The New Hampshire Adult Education LD Committee maintains three LD kits that contain information about learning disabilities for use by adult educators who want to learn more.
• The kits are located at Second Start in Concord and at the Adult Learning Centers in Nashua and Dover.
• If you are an adult educator in New Hampshire you may borrow a kit by contacting Pat Nelson, Sue Katz, or Denise Reddington…

Pat Nelson, Second Start, Concord.
Telephone 228-1341, x 202, email pnelson@second-start.org

Sue Katz, Adult Learning Center, Nashua.
Telephone 598-8303, x 208, email suekatz@aol.com

Denise Reddington, Adult Learning Center, Dover
Telephone 778-3064, dreddington@comcast.net

• Each LD kit has two sections: Awareness and Strategies. Some of the videos, books, and pamphlets are listed below. The materials are stored in rolling carts for ease of transport. Some of the videos, books, and pamphlets included in the kits are listed below:

Awareness

• If Only I Could…Read Write Spell by Tennessee Literacy Resource Center
• A Learning Disabilities Digest for Literacy (LDA Pamphlet)
• How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop Video
• Driven to Distraction by Edward Hallowell & John Ratey
• Adults with Learning Disabilities: An Overview for the Adult Educator by Jovita Ross-Gordon
• For You: Adults with Learning Disabilities by Cathy Smith
• Adult Education Information Packet for ADA by Diane Gardner
• Bridges to Practice LD Materials—Book 2, Book 3, Book 4, and Systemic Reform Video
• Assessment Binder by New England Literacy Resource Center
• LD Awareness Binder by New England Literacy Resource Center

Strategies

• Building Learning Power for Children & Adults Who Have Special Learning Needs by Payne and Associates
• Teaching Mathematics to Students with Learning Disabilities by Nancy Bley and Carol Thornton
• Learning Problems of ABE Students: Remediation and Compensations by Dover Adult Learning Center
• Seven Ways of Knowing: Teaching for Multiple Intelligences by David Lazear
• Tic Tac Toe Math by Instructional Guide
• Help Yourself: How to take advantage of your learning styles by Gail Sonbuchner
• Teaching and Learning Strategies by New England Literacy Resource Center
• Wilson Reading System—Introductory Packet (a chance to review some components if you are considering a purchase of Wilson materials)
• Alternative Math Techniques by Richard Cooper