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Top Ten Learning Disability Resources

Selected by the NH Adult Education LD/Disabilities Committee

Any of the resources on this list can be borrowed for one month. Request the one you would like to borrow by contacting Debbie Tasker at deborah.tasker@doe.nh.gov.  The resource will be mailed to you.

1. How Difficult Can This Be?  The F.A.T. City Workshop, presented by Richard D. Lavoie 
   Videotape with The F.A.T. City Learning Disability workshop Discussion Guide
   Frustration, anxiety, tension~that is what F.A.T. City is all about.  Dr. Lavoie demonstrates what it is like for a student to live with a disability and function within a school setting.

Samples from Wilson Reading System:

WADE:  Wilson Assessment of Decoding and Encoding

Dictation Book, Steps 1 – 6 by Barbara A. Wilson

Rules Notebook by Barbara A. Wilson

Instructor Manual by Barbara A. Wilson

Workbooks and manuals:

2. Delivered from Distraction:  Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder  by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., and John J. Ratey, M.D.
   Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder is a 2005 book by psychiatrists Edward (Ned) Hallowell and John Ratey about ADD/ADHD. Delivered from Distraction is a follow-up to the book 1994 Driven to Distraction. Both books deal with the challenges of ADD/ADHD and offer advice on treatment and how to live successfully with the disorder.
3. CD’s read by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.  &  Answers to Distraction by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. and John J. Ratey, M.D., 1996
   Paperback book
   The authors of Driven to Distraction respond to the most frequently asked questions about Attention Deficit Disorder.
4. The Teacher Who Couldn’t Read:  The True Story of a High School Instructor Who Triumphed Over His Illiteracy  by John Corcoran with Carole C. Carlson, 1994
   Book on tape cassette, read by Mike Trout
   The true story of a high school instructor who triumphed over his illiteracy.
5. Seven Ways of Knowing:  Teaching for Multiple Intelligences, Second Edition  by David Lazear, 1991 
   Paperback book
   Develop seven ways of knowing.  This book surveys research on the theory of MI and its relevance for today’s teachers.  It gives you practical strategies for awakening the full spectrum of intelligences, techniques for developing and nurturing them, and tools to structure lessons that incorporate MI.
6. Alternative Math Techniques Instructional Guide by Richard Cooper, Ph.D., 1994
   Paper guide
   A helpful instructional guide for teaching math for students with a variety of learning problems.  Some topics covered are:  number facts, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions decimals, percentages, measuring and shapes.
7. Overcoming Dyslexia:  A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level  by Sally Shaywitz, M.D. , 2004
   Hardcover book
   A comprehensive, up-to-date practical book that helps us understand, identify, and overcome the reading problems that plague American children today.  Dr. Shaywitz is one of the world’s leading experts on dyslexia.
8. Help Yourself:  How to Take Advantage of Your Learning Styles  by Gail Murphy Sonbuchner, 1991
   Paperback book
9. Learning Problems of Adult Basic Education Students:  Remediation and Compensations  by Dover Adult Learning Center Staff, 1989
   Paperback booklet
   The topics that are covered within this paperback booklet are:  reading and language problems, writing problems, math problems, study skills problems, memory problems, and behavior problems.
10. Do My ESOL Students Have Learning Disabilities?  A Practical Manual for ESOL Instructors Concerned about Learning Disabilities and the ESOL Learner  by Dianne F. Shewcraft and Eileen L. Witkop, A Western Massachusetts Young Adults with LD Project
    Paperback booklet