Resources
ADHD Resources
ADDitude Magazine, A free online magazine that has excellent articles, webinars, newsletters summarizing research, and resources for individuals affected by ADHD.
Attention, Girls!: A Guide to Learn All About Your AD/HD, by Patricia O. Quinn
MIND Institute ADHD Program, The MIND Institute website has information about ADHD, raising awareness, current clinical research studies, past presentations, and resources.
National CHADD Website and Local CHADD Groups (Children and Adults with ADHD) CHADD is a national non-profit organization providing education, advocacy, and support for individuals with ADHD. In addition to publishing the bi-monthly ATTENTION magazine for members, CHADD offers training to parents and educators. Regional CHADD groups offer support meetings and other services to people impacted by ADHD and ADD. National Resource Center on ADHD- A program within CHADD, this is the nation’s first clearinghouse for the latest evidence-based information on ADHD.
Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential, by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare. Published by Guilford Press
Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential, by Richard Guare, Peg Dawson and Colin GuarePublished by Guilford Press
Understanding Girls with ADHD by Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D., Ellen Littman, Ph.D. and Patricia Quinn, M.D. This book provides information, parent checklists, and ways that parents can help their daughters with ADHD from preschool years through high school years.
Autism Resources:
AXYS Teaching Social Boundaries to Tweens and Teens Webinar
California Autism Professional Training and Information Network (CAPTAIN)
Bilingual Support for Dual-Language Children and Families
MIND Institute Recursos en Espanol
Emotional Regulation/Behavioral Regulation Resources
Ahn’s Anger, by Gail Silver
Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (Ross Green)
How are you Peeling?, by Saxton Freymann
Social Thinking Website
Steps and Stones, by Gail Silver
When Sophie Gets Angry-- Really, Really Angry, by Molly Bang
When My Worries Get Too Big, by Kari Dunn Buron
Zones of Regulation, Leah Kuypers
Learning Disability Websites and Support Groups
California Dyslexia Guidelines, California Department of Education, Updated 10/17
East Bay Dyslexia Support: Decoding Dyslexia Tri-Valley Support Group
International Dyslexia Association
Understood.org: LD and Attention website with many resources
LD Online: website on learning disabilities and learning differences
SF and South Bay Parent Education and Resources: Parents Education Network/ Children's Health Council
Literature about Neurodiversity and Physical Differences
A Boy Called Bat, by Alana Arnold (about a boy with autism)
Fish in a Tree, by Linda Mullaly Hunt (about a girl with dyslexia)
Wonder, by Raquel Palacio (about a boy with physical differences)
Literature about Skin Color, Race, and Social Justice
Daddy Why Am I Brown?: A healthy conversation about skin color and family by Bedford F. Palmer
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (for teenagers dealing with police shootings).
Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
Social Justice Books (a range of excellent books about social justice issues)
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice, by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard (for young children 4-8)
A Terrible Thing Happened by Margaret Holmes
Genetic/Health Conditions
Association of X and Y Chromosome Variations
Genetic Information for School Success (GEMS)
National Association for Rare Diseases
Multi-sensory Math Programs
Multi-sensory Reading Programs
Barton Reading and Spelling System
Reading Rockets Literacy Programs Evaluation Guide
Wilson Reading Program, Fundations, Just Words