Teacher Resources for LD Students
Books – Learning Disabilities
Characteristics of and strategies for teaching students with mild disabilities,
By Henley, Martin, 1943-, Ramsey, Roberta S., Algozzine, Robert.
Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.
Classroom Success for the LD and ADHD Child
By Suzanne H. Stevens, 1997
Commonsense methods for children with special needs: strategies for the regular
classroom
By Westwood, Peter S.
London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
Educational Care: A System for Understanding and Helping Children with Learning
Problems at Home and in School
By Levine, Melvin D.
Individualized Supports for Students With Problem Behaviors: Designing Positive
Behavior Plans
By Bambara, Linda M., 1952-, Kern, Lee.
New York: Guilford Press, c2005.
Kids in The Syndrome Mix of ADHD, LD, Asperger’s, Tourette's, Bipolar, And More! :
The One Stop Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Other Professionals
By Kutscher, Martin L.
Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley, 2005.
Performance Breakthroughs for Adolescents With Learning Disabilities Or ADD: How
To Help Students Succeed In The Regular Education Classroom
By Markel, Geraldine Ponte, 1939Champaign, Ill. : Research Press, c1996.
The Myth of Laziness
By Levine, Melvin D.
New York: Simon & Schuster, c2003.
The SAGE Handbook of Special Education
By Florian, Lani.
London; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2007.
Teaching kids with mental health & learning disorders in the regular classroom : how to
recognize, understand, and help challenged (and challenging) students succeed
By Cooley, Myles L.
Minneapolis, MN : Free Spirit Pub., c2007.
Books – Mathematics
Math Instruction For Students With Learning Problems
By Gurganus, Susan Perry.
Boston: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, 2007.
Teaching Inclusive Mathematics to Special Learners, K-6
By Sliva, Julie A.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2004.
Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics Grades 5-8
By John A. Van de Walle
Books – Reading
Do I Really Have to Teach Reading, Chris Tovani
A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction Vol. 1,2 & 3, The Ministry of Education
I Read it But I Don't Get it, Chris Tovani
Just the Facts, Teaching Non-Fiction Grades 4-8 – TDSB
Lessons that Change Writers, Nancy Atwell
Reading Strategies for Elementary Students With Learning Disabilities
By Bender, William N., Larkin, Martha J.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, 2003.
Supporting Struggling Readers And Writers: Strategies For Classroom Intervention, 3-6
By Strickland, Dorothy S., Ganske, Kathy., Monroe, Joanne K.
Portland, Me.: Stenhouse Publishers ; Newark, Del. : International
Reading Association, c2002.
Teach Them All to Read: Catching the Kids Who Fall Through the Cracks
By McEwan, Elaine K., 1941Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, 2002.
Teaching Word Recognition: Effective Strategies for Students with Learning Difficulties
By O'Connor, Rollanda E.
New York: Guilford Press, c2007.
When Kids Can't Read, Kylene Beers
Strategies that Work, Harvey and Goudvis
Think Literacy, Ministry of Education
Units of Study, Lucy Caulkins
Cross Curriular Literacy: Key Strategies for Improving Middle Level Students' Reading
and Writing Grades 6-8 ( TDSB)
Websites
(See http://www.fourarrows.ca/tsc/sped1 for an online version of this website list)
Integra Foundation
http://www.integra.on.ca/
- accredited Toronto Children's Mental Health Centre dedicated to helping children &
adolescents who experience social, emotional and behavioural problems related to their
learning disabilities.
FCRR - Florida Centre for Reading Research
http://www.fcrr.org/forTeachers.htm
- contains reading activities (Kto 5) based on the 5 big ideas
First Steps
http://www.stepspd.org/us/index.asp
- provides professional development and publishes materials for teachers, schools, and
districts in the areas of literacy, mathematics, classroom management, and physical
education
Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario
http://ldao.ca/
- a very well organized site that offers resources, services, information, venues and
products designed to help people with LDs and ADHD, as well as parents, teachers, and
other professionals.
Leading Math Search Tool for Instructors, Parents and Students! (LMSTIPS)
http://oame.on.ca/lmstips/
LMSTIPS was developed as part the Leading Math Success project in order to assist
Teachers, Parents and Students in finding quality, relevant math resources on the Internet.
This site has an incredible search matrix for math resources organized by grade, audience
(teacher, parent, student), and math strand.
Learning Disabilities Online
http://www.ldonline.com/
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
Utah State University supported by the National Science Foundation hosts a virtual
manipulative library project with an incredible search matrix organized by grade(K-12)
and math strand.
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
http://www.prel.org/
Research based practices of teaching. Look under products.
Free online books:
A Focus on Comprehension http://www.prel.org/products/re_/re_focuscomp.pdf
http://www.prel.org/products/re_/fluency-1.pdf
A Focus on Fluency
http://www.prel.org/products/re_/ES0419bw.pdf
A Focus on Vocabulary
University of Nipissing LD Resources
http://www.nipissingu.ca/learningdisability/downloads/ldresource.htm
SERI - Special Education Resources on the Internet
http://www.seriweb.com/serihome.htm
- Learning Disabilities Resources http://www.seriweb.com/ld.htm