 | "...the practice of a healer, therapist, teacher, or any other helping professional should be directed towards his or her self first, because if the helper is unhappy he or she cannot help many people." —bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress |
Resources:
Books on Learning Differences
Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World, Jeffrey Freed. A distinctly different approach to understand learning disabilities and the implications. Jeff was my tutor.
The Gift of Dyslexia, Ronald Davis. A fantastic description of how children with dyslexia see the world and the advantages it can give them. A fantastic book with training tools.
In the Mind's Eye, Thomas West. If you ever wonder what your child is capable of and what advantages their learning style provides them with, read this. The book focuses on revolutionary minds that also had learning disabilities. Einstein, Edison, Tesla, Da Vinci, Churchill, Patton, Yeats, just to name a few.
Intelligence Reframed, Howard Gardner. Completely altered the way many educators look at intelligence. He offers the realization that there many different intelligences, not one ideal intelligence.
Creating Minds, Howard Gardner. All of his books are good. This focuses on some of the most interesting and revolutionary minds of the modern era. Ghandi, Picasso, Freud, Einstein, etc.
The Myth of the ADD Child, Thomas Armstrong Ph.D. Guide for parents to improve attention span without drugs or coercion.
The Edison Gene, Thom Hartmann. This book discusses the tremendous potential of children with "disabilities". Genetics research is beginning to lead educators and scientists to see "Learning Disabilities" in a new light. Shocking information about the negative effect of drugs used to treat ADHD.
The Gift of Learning, Ronald Davis. An updated version of the title above. But there are significant differences and I suggest getting both.
Learning Outside the Lines, Jonathan Mooney and David Cole. Two guys with learning disabilities that graduated from Ivy League schools. Their experiences and advice.
Inside the Brain, Robert Kotulak. Technical functions of the brain, a little hard but interesting.
Smart but feeling Dumb, Harold Levinson. Approaches many of the issues surrounding, ADD, LD, and Dyslexia from a unique technical and treatment perspective.
Answers to Distraction, Edward Hallowell. This full of questions and answers that parents, children, and adults have about ADD. Very insightful and can be calming
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