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Books on Teaching Special Needs Children

Some of the many books which are widely used include the ones listed here.

Inclusion on this list does NOT constitute SCHA endorsement of the resource. The

views and opinions of the authors/publishers are not necessarily those of SCHA.

A) Homeschooling Children with Special Needs by Sharon Hensley is available from

Noble Publishing, (360) 258-3119 or www.almadenvalleychristianschool.com

B) Strategies for Struggling Learners by Joe Sutton & Connie Sutton is available

from Exceptional Diagnostics, (864) 967-4729.

C) Teaching the Tiger by Dornbush and Pruitt is available from ADD Warehouse,

(800) 233-9273, and Barnes & Noble or Borders Bookstore.

D) The Parent’s Guide to Attention Deficit Disorders by McCarney and Bauer is

published by Hawthorne Publishers. Request catalog: (800) 542-1673.

E) The Parent’s Guide to Learning Disabilities by McCarney and Bauer.

The Learning Disability Intervention Manual by McCarney and Bauer.

Both books are available from Hawthorne catalog, (800) 542-1673.

F) Teenagers with ADD by Chris Dendy.

Teaching Teens with ADD and ADHD by Chris Dendy.

These are available from Woodbine House Publishers, (800) 843-7323. Barnes &

Noble and Borders may also sell these books.

G) How to Reach and Teach ADD/ADHD Children by Sandra Rief.

The ADD/ADHD Checklist by Sandra Rief.

These are available from ADD Warehouse and Barnes & Noble.

H) A.D.D. Warehouse Catalog (800) 233-9273

They sell books by Dendy, Dornbush/Pruitt, Levine, Rief and other authors.

I) The Source for Dyslexia and Dysgraphia by Regina Richards is published by

Lingui Systems, (800) 776-4332.

J) Helping Children Overcome Learning Difficulties by Jerome Rosner is available

from Educators Publishing Service, (800) 225-5750.

K) Lingui Systems, (800) 776-4332, publishes/sells:

Help for Auditory Processing by Lazzari & Peters.

Help for Memory by Lazzari.

Help for Articulation by Lazzari.

The Central Auditory Processing Kit by Mokhemar.

Lingui Systems (www.linguisystems.com) sells many other

speech/language/learning disabilities/autism/Down Syndrome resources.

L) Super Duper Publications, (800) 277-8737, www.superduperinc.com sells many

speech and language materials—including some related to autism.

M) The Out-of-Sync Child—Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration

Dysfunction by Kranowitz is a Perigree Book—Berkley Publishing Group. It may

be purchased at Barnes & Noble or Borders.

N) Woodbine House, (800) 843-7323, will send upon request a free special needs

catalog. They sell guides for parents including those in the areas of:

Autism

Cerebral Palsy

Deafness

Down Syndrome

Fragile X Syndrome

Mental Retardation

Speech/Language

Tourette Syndrome

Traumatic Brain Injury

Visual Impairments

O) Different Roads to Learning Catalog

They sell materials for teaching children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

(800) 853-1057 or www.difflearn.com

P) Help! My Child Isn't Learning by Dr. Grant Martin

Published by Focus on the Family Publishing.

 

Additional Resources

Inclusion on this list does NOT constitute SCHA endorsement of the resource. The

views and opinions of the authors/publishers are not necessarily those of SCHA.

 

1. Academic Therapy & High Noon Books, (800) 422-7249:

Auditory Processes by Pamela Gillett

Fine Tuning:Auditory Visual Training by Ray Barsch

Michigan Visual Tracking materials

Reading Comprehension Series (card kits address specific skills)

Visual Perception Cards

 

2. The (former) Barnell-Loft Specific Skill Series now called SRA Specific Skill Series

by Richard Boning, SRA/McGraw-Hill, 250 Old Wilson Bridge Road, Suite 310,

Worthington, OH 43085. (888) 772-4543

Skills include:

Getting the Main Idea, Following Directions, Detecting the Sequence, Locating

the Answer, Using the Context, Working with Sounds, Identifying Inferences, etc.

Each skill is developed through a series of books (workbook-type) spanning ten

reading levels.

 

3. When Slow Is Fast Enough (book) by Joan Goodman, Guilford Press, ISBN 0-89862-

491-6, (pbk).

 

4. God’s Special Child by Donna Adee, (Prader-Willi Syndrome and other special needs),

Harvest Publications, 1928 Oxbow Road, Minneapolis, KS 67467 (785) 392-

2750.

 

5. Special Education: A Biblical Approach, edited by Joe P. Sutton, Hidden Treasure

Publications, 18 Hammett Street, Greenville, SC 29609. P. 47 says: “...this

resource should not be thought of as a ‘how-to book’ for home schoolers of

disabled children....” However, this book does have excellent information which

would benefit the home schooling community.

 

6. Endangered Minds by Jane Healy, Ph.D.

A Touchstone Book, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-671-74920-X. I paid $12.00 for

my paperback copy.

 

7. Modern Learning Press, P.O. Box 167, Rosemont, NJ 08556-0167, (800) 627-5867,

sells books by Priscilla Vail.

 

8. Education Plus—Patterning Learning Upon Scripture by Inge Cannon, P.O. Box 1029,

Mauldin, SC 29662.

 

9. Core Knowledge Series, edited by E.D. Hirsch, Doubleday Publisher, Core Knowledge

Foundation, 2012-B Morton Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22901:

What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know

What Your First Grader Needs to Know

What Your Second Grader Needs to Know

What Your Third Grader Needs to Know

What Your Fourth Grader needs to Know

What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know

What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know

 

10. Slow and Steady Get Me Ready—A Parent’s Handbook of 260 Weekly

Developmental Activities From Birth to Age 5 by June Oberlander, www.homeschool.

com, Bio-Alpha, Inc., P.O. Box 7190, Fairfax Station, VA 22039, (703)

323-6142.

 

11. Learning A Living— A Guide to Planning Your Career and Finding a Job for People

with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Dyslexia by Dale

Brown, Woodbine House, (800) 843-7323. This may be available at Barnes &

Noble or Borders bookstores.

 

12. Keeping A Head in School by Dr. Mel Levine

ISBN 0-8388-2069-7, Educators Publishing Service

(800) 225-5750.

 

13. Teaching Students with Learning Problems by Cecil

Mercer and Ann Mercer, ISBN 0-02-380561-7,

Merrill/Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

available through Bob Jones Univ. Campus Bookstore,

(864) 242-5100.

 

14. The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun- Activities For Kids with Sensory Integration

Dysfunction by Carol Kranowitz is a Perigree Book publication. Barnes and Noble,

Books A Million, Borders may sell it. ISBN 0-399-52843-1

 

15. Learning In Spite Of Labels by Joyce Herzog, Published by Greenleaf Press

(615) 449-1617 ISBN 1-882514-13-0

 

16. Heads Up Helping-Teaching Tips and Techniques for Working With ADD, ADHD,

and Other Children with Challenges by Melinda Boring ( a Speech and Language

Pathologist). Trafford Publishing ( Canada) Toll-Free 1-888-232-4444

sales@trafford.com ISBN 15536-9332-9

17. How to Get Your Child off the Refrigerator and on to Learning- Home schooling

Highly Distractible, ADHD, or Just Plain Fidgety Kids by Carol Barnier, Emerald

Books ISBN 1-883002-70-2

 

18. Childhood Speech, Language & Listening Problems-What Every Parent Should

Know by Patricia Hamaguchi. Published by John Wiley & Sons

ISBN 0-471-03414-4

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