Addressing Learning Disabilities and Difficulties: How to Reach and Teach Every Student. Gilbert Guerin & Mary Male, $46.95

Help struggling students avert failure before it becomes chronic and destructive to their self-esteem and motivation! This revised edition of I Can Learn provides a wealth of best practices and policies specifically designed to help these students not only participate in but also excel in the general education classroom. This clear and concise reference offers educators and parents the support and tools they need to reduce special education referrals and help all students experience successful outcomes.

Adolescents and Adults with Learning Disabilities and ADHD: Assessment and Accommodation. Noël Gregg, $27.50

Most of the literature on learning disabilities and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) focuses on the needs of elementary school-age children, but older students with these conditions also require significant support. Comprehensive and authoritative, this book provides clear guidance on how to conduct and document evidence-based assessments and select appropriate instructional and testing accommodations. Featuring helpful case vignettes, decision-making flowcharts, and coverage of the latest assistive technologies, the book gives special attention to supporting students during the crucial transition from high school to higher education or vocational settings.

Ants in Their Pants: Teaching Children Who Must Move to Learn. Aerial Cross, $34.95

Extra busy children — children who must move to learn — demand non-traditional environments and teaching methods. By focusing on the kinesthetic nature of these children this practical, hands-on resource is filled with transition ideas, sensory-play activities, advice and inspiration for teachers, caregivers and parents.

Brain, Behavior and Learning in Language and Reading Disorders. Maria Mody & Elaine Silliman, $55.50

Grounded in cutting-edge research on brain/behavior relationships, this book explores how language and reading disorders develop, and presents exciting new approaches to examining and treating them. Experts from multiple disciplines investigate how children's learning trajectories in spoken and written language are shaped by the dynamic interplay of neurobiological, experiential, and behavioral processes. The volume includes innovative neuro-imaging applications and other techniques that help shed new light on childhood disorders such as dyslexia, language impairment, writing disabilities, and autism. Implications for evidence-based diagnosis, intervention, and instruction are discussed.

Brain School: Stories of Children with Learning Disabilities and Attention Disorders Who Changed Their Lives by Improving Their Cognitive Functioning. Howard Eaton, $22.95

The Arrowsmith Program is changing the lives of children and youth with learning disorders. Designed to improve the cognitive functioning of children with learning disabilities, the Arrowsmith Program is reshaping how we conceptualize intervention/remediation approaches in schools today. Drawing from his own experiences directing Eaton Arrowsmith School in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Howard Eaton shows how children with significant learning disabilities can improve their cognitive capacities and find academic and social success.

Complete Learning Disabilities Handbook: Ready-to-Use Strategies & Activities for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities, 3rd Edition. Joan Harwell, $35.95 (K-12)

The third edition of this classic resource is a comprehensive source of information, strategies, and activities for working with learning disabled students. The book offers special educators, classroom teachers, and parents a wealth of new and proven suggestions and ready-to-use materials for helping LD students of all ages learn and perform at their fullest potential.

Differentiating Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: Best Teaching Practices for General and Special Educators. William Bender, $52.50

Whether teaching inclusive or special education classes, instructors need effective differentiated and brain-compatible methods for learners with learning disabilities, at-risk students, or youngsters who may have learning difficulties. Demonstrating how to differentiate instruction in any classroom, this second edition of the best-selling book Differentiating Instruction for Students With Learning Disabilities shows teachers how to support learners through flexible, practical lessons to help them achieve significant gains in reading comprehension, language arts, and math.

Dyslexia, 2nd Edition. Gavin Reid, $30.95

Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty that affects the ability to read and spell. Affecting about ten per cent of children, it is the special educational need that teachers are most likely to encounter. This lively and interesting book provides advice on the most effective teaching and learning strategies that can be used in the classroom.

Effective Literacy Instruction for Students with Moderate or Severe Disabilities. Susan Copeland & Elizabeth Keefe, $28.95

For students with moderate or severe disabilities, developing literacy skills is a critical component of successful communication, employment, and community participation. Finally, educators have a practical, concise guidebook for helping these students meet academic standards for literacy. Appropriate for use in all settings, including inclusive classrooms, this book is the lifeline every K-12 teacher needs.

Frequently Asked Questions about Response to Intervention: a Step-by-Step Guide for Educators. Roger Pierangelo & George Giuliani, $41.95

Increasingly, teachers are learning about the important role of Response to Intervention (RTI) in the success of every child. RTI is a multifaceted approach that provides immediate, relevant, and research-based services and interventions to students in general, compensatory, and special education. Written by two legal and special education experts, this concise, reader-friendly guide introduces educators to the purpose, core principles, legal basis, benefits, and application of this service delivery model.

Handbook of Learning Disabilities. H. Lee Swanson, Karen R. Harris, & Steve Graham, editors. $55.50

This comprehensive handbook reviews the major theoretical, methodological, and instructional advances that have occurred in the field of learning disabilities over the last 20 years. With contributions from leading researchers, the volume synthesizes a vast body of knowledge on the nature of learning disabilities, their relationship to basic psychological and brain processes, and how students with these difficulties can best be identified and treated. Findings are reviewed on ways to support student performance in specific skill areas, including language arts, math, science, and social studies, as well as general principles of effective instruction that cut across academic domains.

Helping Children Learn: Intervention Handouts for Use in Home and at School. Jack Naglieri & Eric Pickering, $43.95

In this fresh, practical approach to teaching struggling students, the authors have developed more than 75 highly effective intervention handouts — ideal for teachers to use in the classroom and share with parents for use at home.

A short questionnaire helps school psychologists pinpoint students' strengths and needs, and teachers use the handouts to address the areas that need work. Photocopiable and easy to print from the convenient new CD-ROM, the handouts in this edition fit perfectly with RTI — give teachers a clear and easy way to help struggling students and take next steps if more intervention is needed. Each intervention handout is ready to use: it clearly describes the skill involved, indicates which children should use the intervention, and suggests easy-to-implement strategies.

iPad™: Enhancing Learning & Communication for Students with Special Needs. Brian Friedlander & Christine Besko-Maughan, $13.95 (laminated reference guide)

The flexible and engaging design of the iPad™ makes it easy for students with diverse learning needs and limited communication abilities to become active participants in the learning process.  This guide to using the iPad™ as an educational and communication tool is a wonderful resource on how to get the best use out of this remarkable tool.

Helping Students Remember: Exercises and Strategies to Strengthen Memory. Milton Dehn, $61.00 (includes CD-ROM)

A hands-on memory-training program for children and adolescents featuring dozens of practical, evidence-based memory exercises.

How to Explain a Brain: an Educator's Handbook of Brain Terms and Cognitive Processes. Robert Sylwester, $46.95

This unique look into the marvelous brain uses language and descriptions that are accessible to readers, even those with just a limited understanding of biology … Discover how our brain is organized and develops, and how educators can use this emerging understanding of cognition to enhance student learning and the school environment.

Learning and Attention Disorders in Adolescence and Adulthood: Assessment and Treatment, 2nd Edition. Sam Goldstein, Jack Naglieri & Melissa DeVries, $84.00

Drawing on evidence-based techniques to meet the pragmatic demands for intervention, this text guides school psychologists, counselors and educators in promoting positive change for adolescence and adults with LDs or ADHD ads they strive for success in school, work and home settings.

Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors: a Guide to Intervention and Classroom Management, 2nd Edition. Nancy Mather & Sam Goldstein, $65.95

This fully revised new edition of Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors shows teachers how to support children with learning disabilities and behavioral challenges in today's era of high-stakes testing and accountability. This practical and highly accessible text will help educators effectively address variations in children's environments, abilities, needs, and learning styles—and ensure better outcomes for students who struggle.

Learning Disabilities: From Identification to Intervention. Jack Fletcher, G. Reid Lyon, Lynn Fuchs & Marcia Barnes, $45.95

Evidence based and comprehensive, Learning Disabilities: From Identification to Intervention presents a unique model of learning disabilities that integrates the cognitive, neural, genetic, and contextual factors associated with these disorders. With a focus on exploring the evolving scientific base of the field, as well as establishing effective educational practices, this book will serve as an essential text and an indispensable resource for those who work with struggling learners.

The Learning Tree: Overcoming Learning Disabilities From the Ground Up. Stanley Greenspan & Nancy Thorndike Greenspan, $32.95

Using the metaphor of a tree to explain children’s academic and emotional development, this highly effective approach to learning problems looks beyond the symptoms and gets to the “roots” — the missing developmental steps that interfere with learning. The solutions come with knowing which essential skills to strengthen and in developing strategies to foster growth and enrich skill development.

Literacy Enhancement Strategies. Thomas Daly, $28.50

Literacy Enhancement Strategies was created to enrich the oral and written communication of upper elementary, middle, and high school students who are functioning near grade level but can benefit from additional practice, consistent routines, and step-by-step progression of skill development. Easy-to-follow sample lessons cover content areas, such as talking and listening, reading and comprehending, predicting and anticipating, self-monitoring and advocating for learning style, actively engaging, and organizing written language. The enhancement strategies are closely aligned to the existing general education curriculum and are linked to students’ individual educational goals and objectives. It is the perfect book for home education settings, general education classrooms, resource rooms, autism support teacher pullout sessions, and inclusive settings. Includes a CD with printable handouts.

The Neuropsychology of Mathematics: Diagnosis and Intervention. Steven Feifer & Philip De Fina, $59.95

The Neuropsychology of Mathematics explores how young children learn and acquire basic mathematical skills from a brain-based educational perspective. There are discussions on three primary ways in which numbers are formatted in the brain, as well as the relationship between anxiety and mathematical performance during classroom learning situations.

The Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders: Diagnosis and Intervention. Steven Feifer & Philip De Fina, $42.95

The Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders discusses the various subtypes of dyslexia from a brain-behavioral perspective as opposed to the traditional discrepancy model. It includes in-depth material on:

• Neural Circuitry of Reading
• Subtypes of Dyslexia
• The 90 Minute Dyslexia Evaluation
• Remediation Techniques
• Case Studies, Teacher Checklists, Sample Tests

The Neuropsychology of Written Language Disorders: Diagnosis and Intervention. Steven Feifer & Philip De Fina, $47.95

The Neuropsychology of Written Language Disorders discusses both language based and non-language based written language disorders from a brain-based education model of learning. It is intended for school psychologists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, special educators and school administrators.

Also available as a set — all three titles by Steven Feifer & Philip De Fina, $122.95

No Mind Left Behind: Understanding and Fostering Executive Control—The Eight Essential Brain Skills Every Child Needs to Thrive. Adam Cox, $17.50

No Mind Left Behind is a program for helping children master the eight essential cognitive skills that are critical for success in life in work:

• Taking initiative • Screening out distractions • Organizing • Thinking flexibly

• Planning • Regulating emotions • Self-monitoring • Using memory effectively

Using case studies and anecdotes, Dr. Cox presents a comprehensive and practical plan for parents. The book addresses special-needs children as well as neurotypical children, and includes practical suggestions for parents and educators.

Nowhere to Hide: Why Kids with ADHD & LD Hate School and What We Can Do about It. Jerome Schultz, $29.95

This groundbreaking book addresses the consequences of the unabated stress associated with Learning disabilities and ADHD and the toxic, deleterious impact of this stress on kids' academic learning, social skills, behavior, and efficient brain functioning. This book can help change the way parents and teachers think about why kids with LD and ADHD find school and homework so toxic. It will also offer an abundant supply of practical, understandable strategies that have been shown to reduce stress at school and at home.

101 School Success Tools for Smart Kids with Learning Difficulties. Betty Roffman Shevitz, Marisa Stemple, Linda Barnes-Robinson & Sue Jeweler, $22.95

Every teacher knows them: bright students who face learning difficulties that interfere with their ability to shine at school. 101 School Success Tools for Smart Kids with Learning Difficulties is a comprehensive resource that will help educators recognize and nurture the potential in these students, providing strategies to empower smart kids with learning challenges to become successful, confident, and independent learners.

By combining their knowledge and expertise with the tools in this book, teachers can create a dynamic learning environment in which their students will thrive!

Overcoming Difficulties with Number. Ronit Bird, $39.95 (ages 9-16)

Supporting dyscalculia and students who struggle with maths.

Parental Learning Disability and Children's Needs: Family Experiences and Effective Practice. Hedy Cleaver & Don Nicholson, $34.95

Parental Learning Disability and Children's Needs explores how to effectively assess children in families where one or more parent has a learning disability. These children often have unmet needs because their parents are more likely to be coping with co-morbidities like mental and/or physical illness, domestic violence or substance abuse.

This book, based on original research, looks into current social care practice and the support systems available to parents with learning disabilities, evaluating their effectiveness and examining their impact on the families affected. The authors present many case studies and point out perceived shortcomings, along with suggestions to improve current social care practice and promote the welfare of children in need.

The Promise of Response to Intervention: Evaluating Current Science and Practice.  Todd Glover & Sharon Vaughn, Editors, $44.95

As response to intervention (RTI) is adopted by increasing numbers of schools and districts, knowledge about "what works" continues to grow. This much-needed book analyzes the key components of RTI service delivery and identifies the characteristics of successful implementation. Critically reviewing the available research, leading authorities describe best practices in multi-tier intervention, assessment, and data-based decision making. Clear-cut recommendations are provided for implementing evidence-based interventions to support students' needs in reading, writing, math, and behavior. A state-of-the-art resource for K-12 practitioners and administrators, the book also will fill a unique niche in graduate-level courses.

Reading Strategies for Elementary Students with Learning Difficulties: Strategies for RTI. William Bender & Martha Larkin, $71.95

This one-stop resource provides teachers with a ready reference of interventions to provide targeted reading instruction for students with learning difficulties.

Rethinking Learning Disabilities: Understanding Children Who Struggle in School. Deborah Waber, $28.50

Experts have yet to reach consensus about what a learning disability is, how to determine if a child has one, and what to do about it. Leading researcher and clinician Deborah Waber offers an alternative to the prevailing view of learning disability as a problem contained within the child. Instead, she shows how learning difficulties are best understood as a function of the developmental interaction between the child and the world. Integrating findings from education, developmental psychology, and cognitive neuroscience, she offers a novel approach with direct practical implications. Detailed real-world case studies illustrate how this approach can promote positive outcomes for children who struggle in school.

RTI in the Classroom: Guidelines and Recipes for Success, K-5. Rachel Brown-Chidsey, Louise Bronaugh & Kelly McGraw, $40.95

Written expressly for teachers, this book is jam-packed with tools and strategies for integrating response to intervention (RTI) into everyday instruction in grades K-5. Numerous real-world examples connect RTI concepts to what teachers already know to help them provide effective instruction for all students, including struggling learners. Drawing on extensive classroom experience, the authors:

• Explain the core features of RTI and what they look like in action
• Describe evidence-based instructional methods for reading, writing, math, and behavior
• Show how to fit assessment and progress monitoring into the busy school day
• Present color-coded intervention recipes for all three tiers of RTI implementation
• Provide hands-on tools and 50 reproducibles, with a large format and sturdy wire binding for ease of use

Solution-Focused RTI: a Positive and Personalized Approach to Response to Intervention, Grades K-8.  Linda Metcalf, $39.95

Linda Metcalf provides an effective approach to Response-to-Intervention using a "solution-focused" method, which emphasizes a student's strengths rather than his or her weaknesses. This important book guides educators to identify exceptions to students' learning problems and design personalized interventions that can help those students succeed. This book provides teachers with the basic building blocks of the solution-focused approach and offers step-by-step guidelines for identifying exceptions, designing interventions, and implementing a three-tiered Response-to-Intervention process.

Some Assembly Required: a Guidebook for Learners (SOAR). Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario (LDAO), $26.85 set of three workbooks; The SOAR Teacher's Guide, $12.00. Grades 6 to 9.

These three workbooks, designed for kids in grades 6 to 9, help young people with LDs to understand:

• how people learn and different learning styles
• how a learning disability interferes with learning and what can be done to help
• how to break down school tasks into three areas (daily work, studying & tests, and projects & assignments) and how students can approach each area
• how to prepare for the changes and choices that will come in high school
• strategies for staying organized and on top of schoolwork
• Individual Education Plans and accommodations

The SOAR Teacher's Guide gives a through overview of the three books, suggestions for presentation and conversation moderation, as well as an informative section on The Emotional Classroom and Techniques That Work.

SOAR HS: Some Assembly Required High School. LDAO, $14.00

Some Assembly Required: High School is about learning and learning disabilities, written for teens. Developed by the LDAO, SOAR HS explores the state of education for teens in 2006. Some of the concepts explored are:

• how non-standard learners have been underestimated in the past
• how that misjudgment has caused unnecessary pain for many students
• what's happening right now in the education system to make things better
• the huge diversity of learning styles and abilities, and the value of each
• what learning disabilities are how they impact on a person's life

Strategy Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities. Robert Reid & Torri Ortiz Lienemann, $33.50

Practical and accessible, this book provides the first step-by-step guide to cognitive strategy instruction, which has been shown to be one of the most effective instructional techniques for students with learning problems. Presented are proven strategies that students can use to improve their self-regulated learning, study skills, and performance in specific content areas, including written language, reading, and math. Clear directions for teaching the strategies in the elementary or secondary classroom are accompanied by sample lesson plans and many concrete examples. Enhancing the book's hands-on utility are more than 20 reproducible worksheets and forms.

Study Skills for Learning Disabled and Struggling Students, Grades 6-12. Stephen Strichart & Charles Mangrum, $41.55

Teaching struggling and special needs students to use study skills and strategies effectively is a vital step in transforming these students into accomplished and independent learners — and this workbook offers a comprehensive and hands-on look at an array of time-tested approaches and innovative tactics for learning, retention, and analysis.

Teaching Children Who Struggle with Mathematics: a Systematic Approach to Analysis and Correction. Helene Sherman, Lloyd Richardson & George Yard, $38.95

Rich with case studies and assorted examples, this brief, targeted text is dedicated to helping teachers address the cognitive needs of children in Grades 1-6 who do not understand mathematical concepts and/or are not as skillful as they should be with those concepts. The authors present a systematic, three-step approach to assess students' math strengths and weaknesses and plan instruction accordingly.

Teaching Foundation Mathematics: a Guide for Teachers of Older Students with Learning Disabilities. Nadia Naggar-Smith, $52.50

This fully photocopiable resource will provide essential materials for anyone teaching pre-entry or foundation Maths in secondary schools and further education. Developed to provide age appropriate material for adult learners with moderate to severe learning difficulties and/or disabilities and for children, over twelve, with special needs, it will also prove useful to teachers training to work with these learners. Thirty ready-to-use lessons are at your fingertips in this book, complete with tutor’s notes, teaching objectives, detailed lesson plans and photocopiable worksheets, where appropriate.

Teaching Language Arts, Math, and Science to Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities. Diane Browder & Fred Spooner, editors, $59.95

The first major research-to-practice resource on this critical topic, this text goes beyond functional and access skills and shows educators how to make the general curriculum accessible to students of all ages with significant cognitive disabilities. Twenty-five of the best-known researchers in the field prepare educators to:

• adapt lessons in language arts, math, and science for students with disabilities
• identify meaningful instructional content
• create effective learning environments through instructional procedures such as peer tutoring, cooperative learning, and co-teaching
• set appropriate expectations for student achievement
• align instruction with state content standards and alternate assessment

For each content area, future teachers will get a solid research foundation blended with teaching examples, guidelines, and helpful figures and tables. A timely textbook for pre-service educators and a valuable reference for in-service teachers seeking guidance, this important resource will raise expectations for students with disabilities and ensure their progress in key academic areas.

Teaching Mathematics Meaningfully: Solutions for Reaching Struggling Learners. David Allsopp, Maggie Kyger & LouAnn Lovin, $35.95

Making math concepts understandable is a challenge, one that's more complex when a classroom includes students with learning difficulties. With this highly practical resource, teachers will have just what they need to teach a critical content area with confidence: research-based strategies that really work with students who have learning disabilities, ADHD, or mild cognitive disabilities. With this timely book filled with invaluable strategies adaptable for grades K–12 educators will know just what to teach and how to teach it to students with learning difficulties.

Teaching Maths to Pupils with Different Learning Styles. Tandi Clausen-May, $46.95

Some pupils find even basic concepts in mathematics difficult to grasp and it can be a challenge to make lessons accessible to all. Teaching Maths to Pupils with Different Learning Styles offers practicing teachers a range of approaches to making mathematics clear for struggling students. It looks at the different ways in which math can be taught so that pupils with different learning styles can be stimulated. Math becomes visible and tangible — not something that just lies flat on the page.

Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students with Learning Difficulties. Janette Klingner, Sharon Vaughn, & Alison Boardman, $30.50

A highly practical resource for the classroom, this book offers clear, research-based recommendations for helping students at all grade levels understand and learn from what they read. Explaining the skills and strategies that good readers use to comprehend text, the authors show how to support struggling students in developing these skills. They present a variety of effective assessment procedures, ways to enhance vocabulary instruction and teach students about different text structures, and instructional practices that promote comprehension before, during, and after reading. Special features include discussion questions in every chapter and reproducible instructional materials and lesson plans.

Teaching Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia: Lessons from Teaching and Science. Virginia Berninger & Beverly Wolf, $40.50

How can teachers provide effective literacy instruction for students with learning differences—while meeting the needs of all students in the class? This accessible textbook answers that question for every K–12 educator. Teaching Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia covers the three learning disabilities that require differentiated instruction (dysgraphia, dyslexia and oral & written language learning disability) and prepares educators to teach students with learning differences in explicit, reflective, and intellectually engaging ways.

Teaching Tips for Kids with Dyslexia. Sherrill Flora, $21.50

This teacher/parent resource has a wealth of practical ideas and teaching strategies that can help children with dyslexia and other reading disabilities become successful readers.

Teaching Word Recognition: Effective Strategies for Students with Learning Difficulties. Rollanda O'Connor, $29.95

Most struggling readers, including those with reading disabilities, have difficulties recognizing printed words. This unique, lucidly written book synthesizes the research on how children learn to read words skillfully and translates it into step-by-step strategies for the classroom. The author demonstrates how to plan and implement a coordinated series of lessons that address letter-sound pairings, decoding and blending, multi-syllabic words, sight words, and fluency. The proven techniques presented are applicable across the primary grades; in addition, specific guidance is offered for working with older children who are having difficulties.

Test Success: Test-Taking and Study Strategies for All Students, Including Those with ADD and LD. Blythe Grossberg, $24.95

Test Success provides sure-fire ways to improve study strategies and test performance of students in middle school, high school, and first-year college students.

Understanding Controversial Therapies for Children with Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Other Learning Disabilities: a Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Lisa Kurtz, $19.95

Understanding Controversial Therapies covers a wide variety of mind-body interventions and manipulative techniques, as well as energy therapies, biologically based methods, and alternative medical systems. For each approach, the author provides a detailed description of what the treatment involves, which professionals will be working with the child, and an explanation of the rationale behind the therapy. She also offers advice on who to approach for treatment, and includes a list of recommended resources and useful contacts for further information.

Why Is Math So Hard for Some Children? The Nature and Origins of Mathematical Learning Difficulties and Disabilities. Edited by Daniel. Berch & Michèle Mazzocco, $55.50

Based on the most current research available, this highly informative book gives readers the foundation they need to advance research, teaching strategies, and policies that identify struggling students—and to begin developing appropriate practices that really help these students improve their math skills.

Writing Assessment and Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities, Grades K-12. Nancy Mather, Barbara Wendling & Rhia Roberts, $41.95

Research-based, classroom-tested strategies to help students of all ability levels improve writing skills. Includes 100+ student writing samples with guidelines for analysis.