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Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level,
by Sally Shaywitz, MD

Yale neuroscientist, Sally Shaywitz, demystifies the roots of dyslexia (a neurologically based reading difficulty affecting one in five children) and offers parents and educators hope that children with reading problems can be helped.

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Books

Dyslexia and Reading Interventions:

• The Source for Dyslexia and Dysgraphia,
  by Regina Richards
• Parenting a Struggling Reader,
  by Susan Hall & Louisa Moats Ed.D.
• Straight Talk About Reading: How Parents Can Make a Difference During the Early Years,
  by Susan Hall & Louisa Moats, Ed.D.
• Phonological Awareness, by Gail Gillon
• Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, by Maryanne Wolf

Dysgraphia and Written Language Interventions:

• Eli, The Boy Who Hated to Write,
  by Eli Richards & Regina Richards
• The Source for Dyslexia and Dysgraphia,
  by Regina Richards
• Writing Better: Effective Strategies For Teaching
  Students With Learning Difficulties,
  by Steven Graham & Karen R. Harris
• Making the Writing Process Work: Strategies for Composition and Self-Regulation (Cognitive Strategy Training Series), by Karen R. Harris & Steven Graham

ADD/ADHD:

• Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete Authoritative Guide for Parents, by Russell Barkley, Ph.D.
• Making the System Work for Your Child With ADHD, by Peter Jenson, MD
• Driven to Distraction,
  by Edward Hallowell & John Ratey
• Delivered from Distraction,
  by Edward Hallowell & John Ratey
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,
  by Russell Barkley, Ph.D.

General Learning:

• Learning Outside the Lines, by Jonathan Mooney & David Cole, foreword by Edward Hallowell, MD
• A Mind at a Time, by Mel Levine, MD
• All Kinds of Minds, by Mel Levine, MD
• The Myth of Laziness, by Mel Levine, MD
• It's All In Your Head, by Susan Barrett
• The Teacher Who Couldn't Read,
  by John Corcoran with Carole C. Carlson

Social Skills Interventions:

• Bringing Up Parents, by Alex Packer
• It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child With Learning Disabilities Find Social Success, by Richard Lavoie
• How to Say it to Boys, by Richard Hayman

Life Skills and Coping Techniques:

• Fighting Invisible Tigers, by Earl Hipp
• The Power of Resilience,
  by Robert Brooks, Ph.D & Sam Goldstein, Ph.D
• Nurturing Resilience in Our Children,
  by Robert Brooks, Ph.D. & Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.

For Adolescents and Adults with Learning Challenges:

• Bringing Up Parents, by Alex Packer
• Learning Outside the Lines, by Joanathan Mooney & David Cole, foreword by Edward Hallowell, MD
• Fighting Invisible Tigers, by Earl Hipp
• It's All In Your Head, by Susan Barrett
• Too Much Time on Sycamore Street: A Self-Help Resource for Adolescents & Adults with Learning Disabilities, by James Bauer

For Parents and Educators:

• The Source for Dyslexia and Dysgraphia,
  by Regina Richards
• Parenting a Struggling Reader,
  by Susan Hall & Louisa Moats Ed.D.
• Eli, The Boy Who Hated to Write,
  by Eli Richards & Regina Richards
• Writing Better: Effective Strategies For
  Teaching Students With Learning Difficulties
  by Steven Graham & Karen R. Harris
• Making the Writing Process Work: Strategies for Composition and Self-Regulation (Cognitive Strategy Training Series) by Karen R. Harris & Steven Graham
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,
  by Russell Barkley, Ph.D.
• Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete Authoritative Guide for Parents, by Russell Barkley, Ph.D.
• Making the System Work for Your Child With ADHD,
  by Peter Jenson, MD
• A Mind at a Time, by Mel Levine, MD
• The Myth of Laziness, by Mel Levine, MD
• How to Say it to Boys, by Richard Hayman
• It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child With Learning Disabilities Find Social Success,
  by Richard Lavoie
• The Power of Resilience,
  by Robert Brooks, Ph.D & Sam Goldstein, Ph.D
• Nurturing Resilience in our Children,
  by Robert Brooks, Ph.D. & Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.
• Straight Talk About Reading: How Parents Can Make a Difference During the Early Years,
  by Susan Hall & Louisa Moats, Ed.D.
• Parents Are Teachers Too: Enriching Your
  Child's First Six Years, by Claudia Jones
• Phonological Awareness, by Gail Gillon
• Speech to Print: Language Essential for Teachers,
  by Louisa C. Moats, Ed. D.

Children's Books:

• I Wish I Could Fly Like a Bird, by Katherine Denison
• Jarvis Clutch: Social Spy, by Mel Levine, MD
• Thank You, Mr. Falker, by Patricia Polacco
• A Walk In The Rain With a Brain, by Edward Hallowell, MD