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