Books & Additional Resources

Learning Challenged Students Matter

Moe McLauchlin

“We have collaboratively written a book especially for you (teacher) and you (parent) focusing on assisting students who are struggling in the classroom. We are a group of “Special Educational” teachers with over 100 years of experience, collectively, teaching these students. Most are bright and creative but unique in the way they learn; as a result too many of them are “falling through the cracks”. This book is both informative and practical. Assisting learning-challenged students is not a job but rather a “calling”. Let’s do it together.”

The Gift of Dyslexia

Ronald D. Davis

“The Gift of Dyslexia book outlines a unique and revolutionary program with a phenomenally high success rate in helping dyslexic children learn to read and to overcome other difficulties associated with it. This new edition is expanded to include new teaching, learning and reading techniques and revised throughout with up-to-date information on research, studies, and contacts.”

The Spark: A Mother’s Story of Nurturing Genius

Kristine Barnett

“The extraordinary memoir of a mother’s love, commitment and nurturing, which allowed her son, originally diagnosed with severe autism, to flourish into a universally recognized genius, and how any parent can help their child find their spark.”

Navigating Autism: 9 Mindsets For Helping Kids on the Spectrum

Temple Grandin

“International best-selling writer and autist Temple Grandin joins psychologist Debra Moore in presenting nine strengths-based mindsets necessary to successfully work with young people on the autism spectrum. Examples and stories bring the approaches to life, and detailed suggestions and checklists help readers put them to practical use.”

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

Ross W. Greene

“Now in a revised and updated 6th edition, the groundbreaking, research-based approach to understanding and parenting children who frequently exhibit severe fits of temper and other challenging behaviors, from a distinguished clinician and pioneer in the field.”

One in Five: How We’re Fighting for Our Dyslexic Kids in a System That’s Failing Them

By Micki Boas

“Practical tips and advice for parents navigating the school system from a mom who’s been there. One in five children have dyslexia, but too many parents feel isolated and defeated in their efforts to secure an equal chance for their children. After fighting the school system for four years to get the correct diagnoses and proper learning assistance for her two dyslexic sons, Micki Boas realized that parents need to hack the system, cutting through the invisible red tape of school funding, IEPs, specialized teacher training, and more.”

Overcoming Dyslexia

Sally Shaywitz

“One in five American children has trouble reading. But they are not stupid or lazy. In Overcoming Dyslexia, Dr. Sally Shaywitz, codirector of the Yale Center for the Study of Learning and Attention and a leader in the new research into how the brain works, offers the latest information about reading problems and proven, practical techniques that, along with hard work and the right help, can enable anyone to overcome them. Here are the tools that parents and teachers need to help the dyslexic child, age by age, grade by grade, step by step.”

Calling All Minds: How To Think and Create Like an Inventor

Temple Grandin

“From world-renowned autism spokesperson, scientist, and inventor Temple Grandin – a book of personal stories, inventions, and facts that will blow young inventors' minds and make them soar. More than a blueprint for how to build things, in Calling All Minds Temple Grandin creates a blueprint for different ways to look at the world. And more than a call to action, she gives a call to imagination, and shows readers that there is truly no single way to approach any given problem–but that an open and inquisitive mind is always key.”

Temple Grandin: The Stories I Tell My Friends

Anita Lesko

“Temple Grandin is the most famous person with autism in the world. Whether you know her from the HBO movie, Temple Grandin, her decades of work in the meat and cattle industry, or her unmatched contribution to the autism world, surely you know a thing or two about Temple. Well, prepare to meet a whole new side of her in Temple Grandin: The Stories I Tell My Friends.”

ADHD and Me: What I Learned from Lighting Fires at the Dinner Table

Blake E. S. Taylor

“Blake Taylor’s mother first suspected he had ADHD when he, at only three years of age, tried to push his infant sister in her carrier off the kitchen table. As time went by, Blake developed a reputation for being hyperactive and impulsive. He launched rockets (accidentally) into neighbor’s swimming pools and set off alarms in museums. Blake was diagnosed formally with ADHD when he was five years old. In ADHD and Me, he tells about the next twelve years as he learns to live with both the good and bad sides of life with ADHD.”