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