Suggested Resources for Educators and Families

• July 24, 2022
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Yardsticks: Child and Adolescent Development Ages 4-14

I love this book. It provides an understanding of children’s growth patterns and typical capacities at each age and helps teachers and families support them as they grow and learn.

The Feingold Program

The Feingold Diet is a form of elimination diet where foods containing certain harmful additives are removed and replaced with similar foods free of those additives to determine if the food triggers the behavior. This is a great place to start if your child struggles with regulating their emotions.

The Secrets of Happy Families

This book made me think more strategically about our family time and what we all needed from it. Its subtitle is Improve your mornings, rethink family dinner, fight smarter, go out and play, and much more.

The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness

This book gives you some concrete strategies to help you focus on what matters in childraising.

Keeping A Head in School

This book is for students. It is very text-heavy and packed with great information. Yet, its formatting is not user-friendly for neurodiverse learners. I feel it is a better resource for teachers and parents. It has excellent pointers as you coach students to develop learning strategies.

Overcoming Dyslexia

This book covers the nature of dyslexia, diagnosing dyslexia, and reading interventions for people with dyslexia of all ages.

The Highly Sensitive Child

This book shares insight on highly-sensitive children and strategies to help them thrive in an overwhelming world.

Driven to Distraction

This book “dispels common myths, offers helpful coping tools, and gives a thorough accounting of all treatment options and tips for dealing with a diagnosed child, partner, or family member. But most importantly, they focus on the positives that can come with this “disorder”—including high energy, intuitiveness, creativity, and enthusiasm.”

Autism Speaks

Organization for Autism Research

Orton Gillingham Literacy Program

This program has been the most effective way I have found to teach students struggling with learning how to read and spell. This organization can help train you in the program or find trained practitioners.

Go to Ted Talks and search on the neurodiversity you are interested in for inspiration and information.

Please contact me to share any other helpful resources you have found.