HELP FOR ANY STUDENT WITH SOME DIFFICULTIES

Bell, Rachel and Peiper, Howard. The A.D.D. and A.D.H.D. Diet. East Canaan, CT: New Century, 2000. Controversial, most helpful on the subject that I know of, includes a variety of issues while being an easy read.

Langenfeleld, Uelaine. Study Skills Strategies. Rev. ed. Menlo park, CA: Crisp, nd. Trainers’ diagrams and cartoons for time management and other study skills.

Mastropieri, Margo A. and Scruggs, Thomas E. Teaching Students Ways to Remember: Strategies for Learning Mnemonically. Cambridge, MASS, Brookline, 1991. Amazingly effective.

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HELP FOR DYSLEXIC STUDENTS

About Dyslexia: Sally Shaywitz’s book Overcoming Dyslexia

Textbooks – can get on tape

1. Recording for blind and dyslexic in Austin

Contact person for adult students is Amanda DeWitt 323-9390

2. State Library in Dallas (need special tape player)

For Reading/ language retraining

Scottish Rite Learning Center in Austin 472-1231 (specializes in K-5 here)

For Writing

Talk out with study group

Make multi sensory sentences using color-coded cards

See Multi-Sensory Grammar and Written Comprehension available at www.neuhaus.org (Houston) (also a book on math)

Mozelle Dominque’s power writing method 261-8099 in Austin

Methods that have helped some

Irlen Institute www.irlen.com/ covered overlays

Fast for Word www.BrainConnection.com software program than helps students distinguish sounds, process language more quickly, based on brain scan information that revealed that dyslexia was a problem of auditory processing