• Online Resources

• Books On Tape

• Tools

• Catalogs

• Films

• Available through LISD (more to come!)

ONLINE RESOURCES

International Dyslexia Association The International Dyslexia Association is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to the study and treatment of the learning disability, dyslexia.

Dallas Branch International Dyslexia Association

LD OnLine is a service of The Learning Project at WETA Washington, D.C., in association with The Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities

Cincinnati Center for Developmental Disorders TONS of Dyslexia Resources

Levinson Medical Center for Learning Disabilities General information about dyslexia

Dyslexic.com the UKs site to help people with dyslexia

Dyslexia.com International links

Orton-Gillingham Institute for Multi-Sensory Education with resources for teachers and parents

99 v Phonics reading and writing programs for teachers and parents to help kids with special needs.

Talking Book Progam Providing free library service to Texans of all ages who are unable to read standard print material due to visual, physical, or reading disabilities-whether permanent or temporary.

Schwab Learning  A parents guide to helping children with learning disabilities. Audio tour available.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development  is a source of information on reading research. Go to Search. Type in one of the following: reading research, reading or dyslexia.

National Reading Panel  has published a summary of their report on how children learn to read and outlined effective practices for reading instruction.

Proactive Parent  is a web site dedicated to helping parents help their children learn to read.

Reading Rocket  is a national service of PBS station WETA/Washington D.C. that provides information on teaching kids to read and helping thoise who struggle with reading.

No Child Left Behind  is the official web site with answers to questions about the new education law.

The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans  is an interactive bilingual web site aimed at building awareness of educational resources avalibale to parents and students.

The Partnership for Reading  distributes scientifically-based research to improve reading instruction for children, adolescents and adults.

All Kinds of Minds Foundation  is a non-profit foundation that fosters the the understanding and optimal care of children with learning differences.

Learning Disabilities Assocation (LDA)  is a national non-profit foundation that promotes the education and general welfare of individuals with learning disabilities.

National Center for Learning Disabilities  provides information, resources and referral services, and promotes public awareness to help individuals with learning disabilities.

  

BOOKS ON TAPE

Recorded Books, Inc. Textbooks and other leisure books on audiotape 30-day rental.

ADD Warehouse The leading resource for the understanding and treatment of all developmental disorders, including ADHD and related problems.

TOOLS

Inspirations Software The software program, Inspiration, provides a visual template for idea development using concept mapping, diagramming, brainstorming, outlining, organizing, planning, and webbing approaches. 

Story Grammar Marker  This program was designed to improve reading comprehension and to develop an awareness of writing skills by stressing the language areas of pragrnatics, phonology, syntax, semantics, discourse, and metalinguistics.

Don Johnston Incorporated is the leader in learning intervention resources.

Write: Outloud The easy-to-use talking word processor that guarantees writing success

Co:Writer® 4000 - the spelling- and grammar-smart word coach that builds BETTER sentences

Co:Writer^® SmartApplet™ - the grammar-smart word coach that builds better sentences for portable writing

Co:Writer^® SmartApplet™ Bundle - build better sentences all the time

Franklin Electronics  dictionaries and electronics

The Read and Write by text Help! program by Lorien Systems  This program is distributed in Texas by Don Spencer at Computer Tutor, Inc. at 1-800-472-0071.  

  

CATALOGS

Academic Therapy Publications Academic Therapy publishes tests, parent/teacher resources, high interest/low level readers, and visual/perceptual aids.

Educators Publishing Service, Inc. Educators Publishing Service publishes 800 books and workbooks for students from kindergarten through high school and in homeschools in the U. S., Canada, and 100 other countries.

York Press, Inc. publisher of books about language development and disabilities, especially dyslexia, and about hearing impairment.
  

FILMS

"How Difficult Can This Be?" In this workshop, Richard Lavoie shows why. He leads a group of parents, educators, psychologists, and children through a series of exercises that cause Frustration, Anxiety, and Tension...feelings all too familiar to children with learning disabilities. By dramatizing the classroom experience so vividly, Lavoie lets us see the world through the eyes of a child. At the end of the workshop, participants discuss strategies for working more effectively with learning disabled children. 1989

Videos at the Lewisville Public Library on Loan from LISD

Neuhaus Education Center Series

1. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Pediatrician’s Perspective

    2.    Help Your Child Be Scientific & Successful in Spelling 

3. Help Your Child Build A Better Vocabulary

4. Help Your Child Discover Strengths & Talents

5. Help Your Child with Handwriting

6. Help Your Elementary Child with Homework

7. Help Your Kindergartner Get Ready to Read

8. Help Your Learner with Study Skills & Time Management

9. Help Your Reluctant Reader Develop Comprehension Skills 

10. Help Your Reluctant Reader Develop Decoding Skills

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 1.   Come Inside Our World – Scottish Rite Video on Dyslexia 

More Resources: 
Those with a LPL in the location column indicate they can be found at the Lewisville Public Library