ADHD Across the Lifespan. Timothy Bilkey, $35.00 (Two-Disc DVD)

Through the years, children, teens and adults with ADHD will face different challenges as they work to overcome the obstacles that ADHD sometimes throws in their paths. ADHD Across the Lifespan offers concise, practical information and advice and current treatments that will help those with ADHD reach their full potential.

Sandra Rief presents proven and effective strategies and accommodations to help students with ADHD, learning disabilities and other related disorders to be successful in classroom settings. ADHD & LD: Powerful Teaching Strategies and Accommodations specifically illustrates how educators can greatly assist students with attentional, behavioral, and learning challenges within their classrooms using these effective techniques. Whether you are a teacher or school administrator, a staff development specialist or trainer, this new video provides you with a powerful tool for meeting the challenges of students with ADHD and LD in general education environments.

Beyond F.A.T. City: a Look Back, a Look Ahead — a Conversation about Special Education. Rick Lavoie, $53.95 ( DVD format, 90 minutes)

Richard Lavoie, creator of the original F.A.T. City Workshop and the popular How Difficult Can This Be video, reviews the history & philosophy of the project, the major trends & issues in the field of learning disabilities including non-verbal learning disorders, and the challenges ahead for parents & educators. While the original F.A.T. City video focused primarily on the school experience of kids with learning differences, Beyond F.A.T. City looks at the family and home life and takes a closer look at adolescence.

Gifted children show characteristic behavior patterns at different ages. They see the world through their own eyes and seldom understand that others are different in their interests, energy, and wisdom. Dr. Webb describes the traits and common behaviors of gifted children from preschool through adolescence, along with the challenges and reactions that gifted children often experience.

Focusing through Distractions: Positive Living Skills for Teens and Adults. Terry Orlick, $19.99 (CD only)

Is My Child Gifted? (If so, what can I expect?) James Webb ( DVD format 45 minutes) $33.95

Often children are identified in their schools as gifted, but parents and teachers are not given training in the traits that gifted children most often show. Some parents question whether their child really is gifted. Dr. Webb describes the most common basic characteristics of gifted children, and then shows how some of these traits (thinking and learning styles of gifted children) can actually result in underachievement, power struggles, and failure to be recognized as bright.

It’s So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Learning Disabled Child Find Social Success. Rick Lavoie, $52.95 (DVD format, 90 minutes)

It’s So Much Work to Be Your Friend explores the causes and consequences of ‘social incompetence’. Drawing on current research and thirty years of experience in residential schools, Rick Lavoie provides powerful strategies for teaching friendship skills in the classroom, home and community. The DVD includes special features on bullying and boys, girls and friendships — how they differ.

Misunderstood Minds: Searching for Success in School.  PBS DVD, $20.95 (DVD format, 90 minutes)

Misunderstood Minds is a deeply moving and personal look into the lives of five children and their families as they deal with the puzzling mysteries presented by their children’s unique learning differences. As many as one in five families are coping with children who struggle to learn. Many of these children don't fit any clinical diagnosis, but for some reason, they aren't learning. Though these children may be suffering from debilitating learning problems, they are often mistakenly called "lazy" or "stupid" by teachers, classmates, and even by their families.

Learning specialists now believe that each mind works differently and has its own unique strengths and weaknesses. Misunderstood Minds illustrates the emerging view that specific identification and customized management of learning problems is the key to success for the millions of children struggling in school. Misunderstood Minds features leading experts in the field of learning problems, including Mel Levine, M.D., G. Reid Lyon, Ph.D., Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. and Richard D. Lavoie, M.A. M.Ed.

The Motivation Breakthrough: Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child. Richard Lavoie, DVD $52.95 (90 minutes)

Motivation is the key to learning. But very few parents and teachers have an effective arsenal of techniques at their disposal. Acclaimed author Rick Lavoie arms all those who deal with children with proven, effective tools and strategies they can use to encourage any child to learn and achieve success. Lavoie explores motivational styles, presenting proven techniques, strategies, and scripts that can be used in the classroom and at home to break through a child's apathy and discouragement and inspire him/her to succeed and achieve. Along the way, Lavoie explodes some common myths about motivation: for instance, he demonstrates that rewards, punishment, and competition are not effective motivational tools. He gives specific advice throughout for parents and teachers of children with learning disabilities and provides detailed instructions for how to create a motivated classroom.

Strategies for Organization: Preparing for Homework and the Real World. Michelle Garcia Winner, $67.95 (DVD & Handout Booklet)

This 3.5 hour DVD and handout booklet features the highlights of Michelle's popular all day workshop on this same topic … The primary focus of this workshop is on laying out 10 steps of organization students need to engage in to build successful study systems. The workshop also introduces concepts to better understand what type of organizational problems students have (static versus dynamic), while encouraging us to consider whether our own approach is product or process oriented.”

A handout booklet comes with every DVD, providing concrete examples of worksheets which can be used to teach more specific organizational concept. This DVD is appropriate for parents, regular education teachers, special education teachers, SLP's, OT's, paraprofessionals, administrators and anyone else who helps all students to learn to cope in the real world.

Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom: Ways to Challenge & Motivate Struggling Students to Achieve Proficiency with Required Standards. Susan Winebrenner, $45.95 (includes  CD-ROM)

A gold mine of practical, easy-to-use teaching methods, strategies, and tips, Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom helps teachers differentiate the curriculum in all subject areas to meet the needs of all learners—including those labeled remedial or LD; students of poverty; English language learners; and others who struggle to learn. Full of proven ways to significantly improve learning outcomes for students who score below proficiency levels, this is an essential resource for every educator. The included CD-ROM features all of the reproducibles from the book, plus many additional content organization and vocabulary charts covering study areas from art and music to math and science. Most forms are customizable. Macintosh and Windows compatible.