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Learning Disabilities Resources Massachusetts Links: Learning Disabilities Association of Massachusetts www.ldam.org Massachusetts Association of Special education Parent Advisory Councils (MASSPAC) www.masspac.org Massachusetts Department of Education www.doe.mass.edu Massachusetts Disability Resource Exchange www.madisabilityexchange.org New England INDEX-Information on Disabilities www.disabilityinfo.org National Links: All Kinds of Minds (Mel Levine's web site) www.allkindsofminds.org Asperger's Syndrome Coalition of the United States (ASC-US) www.asperger.org Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation www.schwablearning.org Council for Exceptional Children www.cec.sped.org Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC-EECE) www.ericeece.org Federation for Children With Special Needs www.fcsn.org Learning Disabilities Association of America www.ldanatl.org National Center for Learning Disabilities www.ncld.org Nonverbal Learning Disorders Association www.nlda.org Books Keeping A Head in School by Dr. Mel Levine, 1994, Educator's Publishing Service, Inc. 31 Smith Place, Cambridge, MA 02138-1000 Reading Resources Useful Links: International Dyslexia Association: www.interdys.org/index.jsp International Reading Association: www.reading.org National Institute for Literacy: www.nifl.gov/ Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic : www.rfbd.org Report of the National Reading Panel-National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: www.nichd.nih.gov/publication/reading.htm Graphic Organizer Forms to download: www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/index.html Books: Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Reading Success by the National Research Council; M. Susan Burns, Peg Griffin and Catherine E. snow, Editors; National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1999 Straight Talk About Reading, (How Parents Can Make a Difference During the Early Years) by Susan l. Hall and Louisa C. Moats, Ed. D.; Contemporary Books, Chicago, IL; 1999. Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz, M.D.; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003. Put Reading First, Kindergarten Through Grade 3 (Drawn from the 2000 report of the National Reading Panel, Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction--Reports of the Subgroups). Free copies available at: The National Institute for Literacy at ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398; phone: 1-800-228-8813; FAX: 301-430-1244; EdPubOrders@aspensys.com; to download, go the the National Institute for Literacy website at www.nifl.gov. Put Reading First, A Parent Guide (Drawn from the 2000 report of the National Reading Panel, Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction--Reports of the Subgroups). Free copies available at: The National Institute for Literacy at ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398; phone: 1-800-228-8813; FAX: 301-430-1244; EdPubOrders@aspensys.com; to download, go the the National Institute for Literacy website at www.nifl.gov. Other Resources: "Lively Letters" (Telian Multisensory Mnemonic Letter Card Program ) by Nancy Telian, Telian Learning Concepts, P.O. Box 453 Stoughton, MA 02072. Speech and Language Resources Useful Links: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) www.asha.org Stuttering Foundation of America www.stuttersfa.org Books: From Speech to Print, Language Essentials for Teachers by Louisa Cook Moats; Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD; 2000. |
