Trusted Resources
International Dyslexia Association
The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals with dyslexia, their families and the communities that support them.
Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity
www.dyslexia.yale.edu/dyslexiastraighttalk.html
Tips for parents, educators and individuals with dyslexia, as well as information about the latest scientific research.
Understood
Helping millions of parents whose children, ages 3–20, are struggling with learning and attention issues. We want to empower them to understand their children’s issues and relate to their experiences. With this knowledge, parents can make effective choices that propel their children from simply coping to truly thriving.
National Center for Learning Disabilities
The National Center for Learning Disabilities improves the lives of all people with learning difficulties and disabilities by empowering parents, enabling young adults, transforming schools, and creating policy and advocacy impact.
Headstrong Nation:
Founded by Ben Foss in 2003, Headstrong Nation aims to end the isolation of the world’s largest (it’s true!) disability group by providing information about dyslexia, self-advocacy and new technologies. To do this we help dyslexic adults and parents of dyslexic children learn the facts, figure out how to play to their strengths and connect with others to form a movement dedicated to levelling the playing field for people like us.
LD Online
LD OnLine is the leading website on learning disabilities, learning disorders and differences. Parents and teachers of learning disabled children will find authoritative guidance on attention deficit disorder, ADD / ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dysnomia, reading difficulties, speech and related disorders.
Dyslexia Help at the University of Michigan
DyslexiaHelp is designed to help you understand and learn about dyslexia and related language-based learning disabilities. Our goal is to help individuals with dyslexia, as well as parents, employers, and professionals of all kinds who have the privilege to work with dyslexics gain new understandings about dyslexia and language disability, including current research findings and how to design intervention contexts based on best practices.
For Parents of Dyslexics
A website which has been set up to assist parents identify sources of information to help them understand more about Dyslexia and how to help their children cope with it.
Learning Ally (formerly Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic)
Learning Ally, a national nonprofit since 1948, has partnered with those who learn differently to ensure academic and lifelong success.
Dyslexia on Kidshealth
http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/learning_problem/dyslexia.html
Articles about dyslexia tailored for the reading and developmental level of kids.
Dyslexia on TeensHealth
http://kidshealth.org/teen/index.jsp?tracking=T_Home
Articles about dyslexia tailored for the reading and developmental level of teens.
Reading Rockets Explains Dyslexia
www.ReadingRockets.org/helping/questions/dyslexia
Helpful site for parents and educators of children who are struggling readers.
National Resource Center on AD/HD
The National Resource Center on ADHD (NRC): A Program of CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder), was established in 2002 to be the national clearinghouse for the latest evidence-based information on ADHD. The NRC provides comprehensive information and support to individuals with ADHD, their families and friends, and the professionals involved in their lives.
The Big Picture:Rethinking Dyslexia(film)
http://thebigpicturemovie.com/videos/#Parents
Because everyone – not just dyslexics – appreciate a good video, we offer these helpful videos.
Recommended Books
- The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan by Ben Foss
- Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz
- Basic Facts About Dyslexia & Other Reading Problems by Louisa Cook Moats & Karen E. Dakin
- I Have Dyslexia. What Does That Mean? by Shelley Ball-Dannenberg
- The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic by Brock Eide, M.D. M.A. and Fernette Eide, M.D.
- Straight Talk About Reading by Susan Hall and Louisa Moats
- Phonemic Awareness in Young Children: A Classroom Curriculum by Marilyn Jager Adams, Barbara Foorman, Ingvar Lundberg & Terri Beeler
- Understanding Dyslexia and other Learning Disabilities by Linda Siegel