| One of the best and easiest ways to inform yourself | | | | Levine, $28.70 (paperback), available at Even though |
| about your child's learning disability is by reading a good | | | | this book is geared toward young readers, it's a |
| book on the subject. There is a ton of literature | | | | valuable resource for both parents and children to |
| available about learning problems, so it may be a bit of | | | | learn from together. Levine is a professor of pediatrics |
| daunting task to choose something to start with. | | | | at the University of North Carolina Medical School and |
| Luckily, there are many informed parents and | | | | a staunch child advocate. Here, he introduces different |
| specialists out there who have already waded through | | | | types of learning disabilities through stories told from |
| this flood of information, so you don't have to dive in on | | | | the point of view of five elementary school students. |
| your own. The following is a list of written resources | | | | Each student talks about their classroom experiences, |
| that have made it past the critical gaze of those in the | | | | their struggles and triumphs. This approach will help |
| know: | | | | children with learning problems to see that they're not |
| 1. No Easy Answers: The Learning Disabled Child at | | | | alone and that there are strategies that can they can |
| Home and at School, Sally L. Smith, $23 (paperback), | | | | implement to ease their scholastic difficulties. |
| available at This has been the book that parents of | | | | 3. Helping Children Overcome Learning Disabilities: A |
| learning disabled children have turned to for more than | | | | Step-by-Step Guide for Parents and Teachers, |
| fifteen years now. Smith is the parent of a learning | | | | Jerome Rosner, $18.95 (paperback), available at The |
| disabled child, the founder and director of the Lab | | | | approach of this book is different from most others on |
| School, and an education professor at the American | | | | the subject. For starters, the author suggests that |
| University, so she's extremely well-qualified to write | | | | parents and teachers avoid using the label "learning |
| about this subject. The book covers a wide range of | | | | disabled" and instead focus on the specific problems |
| information, including a look at how learning disabilities | | | | that their children or students face. Rosner is a |
| are diagnosed and tips on how to make sure your | | | | professor of pediatric optometry at the University of |
| child is getting the education he or she deserves. The | | | | Houston and has written several books on working |
| updated version includes sections on the Individuals | | | | with children who have learning issues. Readers will |
| with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), ADD, and ADHD. | | | | appreciate his accessible explanations of each type of |
| 2. All Kinds of Minds: A Young Student's Book About | | | | learning difficulty, as well as his positive and practical |
| Learning Abilities and Learning Disorders, Melvin D. | | | | solution-based approach. |