Learning Disabilities Association Fraser South: LDAFS

Book Recommendations

LDAFS  has discontinued their resource library due to increasing costs of maintaining current resources and infrequent usage.  We refer you to contact your local public libraries for a good selection of books and other resources on learning disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder, behaviour, mental health, parenting, education, etc.  To search titles through the Surrey public library go to www.spl.surrey.bc.ca

Following are some suggested resources:

ADD/ADHD

• A Parent’s Guide To Attention Deficit Disorders
• Maybe You Know My Kid
• Taking Charge of ADHD
• Living Well with ADD and Learning Disabilities

Employment

• Employment for individuals with Asperger Syndrome
• Skills Training Program for Mentoring Persons w/LD

Learning Disabilities (All)

• Dyslexia and Other Learning Difficulties: The Fact
• Another Door to Learning

Literacy/Reading

• Bookflix
• Learning Express Library
• TumbleBook Library
• Library to Go
• Primary Search
• Middle Search

Parenting

• The Difficult Child
• Secrets to Discipline

Self Help for Youth

• The Survival Guide for Teenagers with LD: Learning
• The School Survival Guide for Kids with LD

Social Skills

• New Strategies for Teaching Prosocial Skills
• When The Chips Are Down
• Educating Children with Multiple Disabilities

Study Skills

• School Success: The Inside Story

Teaching Strategies

• Learning Disabilities: Theories, Diagnosis, and Te
• Educational Resource Information Centre

Teenagers and ADD

• Adolescents and ADD
• Adolescents and ADD, Gaining the Advantage

Treatment Options

• Natural Remedies and Supplements
• Understanding Treatments
• PubMed
• MEDLINE

Understanding LD

• How Difficult Can This Be? Video

Disclaimer: The LDA Fraser South Chapter does not support, endorse or recommend any method, treatment, product, remedial centre, program or person for people with learning disabilities. It does, however, provide information, in the belief that you have the right to know.

Because learning disabilities are a heterogeneous cluster of disorders with many different manifestations and causes, no one method, treatment, product, remedial centre, program or person can be expected to meet the needs of all persons with learning disabilities.