Recommended Reading

LDAO LIBRARY BOOKS ON LD FOR PARENTS

Another Door to Learning: True Stories of LD Children & Adults and the Keys to their Success, by Judy Schwartz, The Crossroad Publishing Co., 1994.

Bridging the Gap: Raising a Child with a Nonverbal Learning Disorder, by Rondalyn Varney Whitney, The Berkley Publishing Group, 2002.

Dyslexia & Other Learning Difficulties, by Mark Selikowitz, Oxford University Press, 1993.

The Dyslexic Scholar: Helping your Child Succeed in the School System, by Kathleen Nosek, Taylor Publishing Co., 1995.

A Guide to Understanding Learning And Behaviour Problems in Children, Learning Disabilities Association of Canada, 1996.

Help Me to Help My Child, by Jill Bloom, Little, Brown and Co., 1990.

Helping a Child with Nonverbal Learning Disorder or Asperger's Syndrome, by Kathryn Stewart, New Harbinger Publications, Inc., 2002.

Helping Your Dyslexic Child, by Eileen M. Cronin, Prima Publishing, 1994.

Learning Disabilities: A to Z: A Parent's Complete Guide to Learning Disabilities, by Corinne Smith & Lisa Strick, Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1997.

Learning Disabilities and ADHD: A Family Guide to Living and Learning Together, by Betty B. Osman, John Wiley & sons, Inc., 1997.

Learning to Learn, by Carolyn Olivier & Rosemary F. Bowler, Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1996.

Living with Dyslexia, by Barbara Riddick, Routledge, 1996.

The Misunderstood Child: Understanding and Coping with Your Child's Learning Disabilities (Third Edition), by Larry B. Silver, Random House of Canada, Ltd., 1998.

Mothers Talk About Learning Disabilities, by Elizabeth Weiss, Prentice Hall Press, 1989.

No Easy Answers: The Learning Disabled Child at Home and at School (Revised Edition), by Sally L. Smith, Bantam Books, 1995.

Parenting a Child with a Learning Disability, by Cheryl Gerson Tuttle & Penny Paquette, Doubleday, 1995.

The Parent's Guide to Learning Disabilities, by Stephen B. McCarney & Angela Marie Bauer, Hawthorne Educational Services, Inc., 1991.

Something's Not Right: One Family's Struggle with Learning Disabilities, by Nancy Lelewer, Publicom, Inc., 1994.

"What's Wrong With Me?" Learning Disabilities at Home and School, by Regina Cicci, York Press, Inc., 1995.

Why is My Child Having Trouble at School? by Barbara Z. Novick & Maureen M. Arnold, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991.

When Your Child Has LD: A Survival Guide for Parents, by Gary Fisher & Rhoda Cummings, Free Spirit Publishing Inc., 1995.

To borrow any of these books from LDAO's library contact Richard Massey at: library@ldao.ca