Periodicals on a Variety of Special Challenges
Also see HSC's other pages of resources:
- Homeschooling with Special Challenges: main page of information.
- Resources for Homeschooling with Special Challenges: programs, websites, email lists.
- Books on Homeschooling and Learning: books on homeschooling and learning in general.
Periodicals:
- At Our Own Pace. A popular newsletter for special needs. Jean Kulczyk - Email.
- Exceptional Parent Magazine. Magazine for parents of children or young adults with disabilities. Includes reports, forum, products links, books.
Books on general challenges:
- Books by Dr. Thomas Armstrong:
- Awakening Your Child's Natural Genius.
- In Their Own Way: Discovering and Encouraging Your Child's Multiple Intelligences.
- 7 (Seven) Kinds of Smart: Identifying and Developing Your Multiple Intelligences.
- You're Smarter Than You Think: A Kids' Guide to Multiple Intelligences.
- How Your Child IS Smart: A Life Changing Approach to Learning . Dawna Markova. A clear and reassuring book on how to recognize individual learning styles and empower the child.
- The Open Mind: Exploring the 6 Patterns of Natural Intelligence . Dawna Markova. A fascinating and detailed explanations of six learning patterns, "personality" riddles, how they affect communication, organization, and work, and how to optimize our understanding and relationships between them.
Dyslexia:
- The Gift of Dyslexia. Ronald D. Davis. Author's website - Dyslexia the Gift - Information and Resources for Dyslexia.
- You Don't Have To Be Dyslexic. Dr. Joan M. Smith.
ADD and related concerns:
- The Myth of the ADD Child: 50 Ways to Improve Your Child's Behavior and Attention Span Without Drugs, Labels, or Coercion. Dr. Thomas Armstrong.
- Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception. Thom Hartmann. A new perception of ADD that suggests that ADD may have many positive and beneficial aspects. Also author of Healing ADD, Beyond ADD, and Thomas Hartman's Complete Guide to ADD.
Asperger Syndrome
- Homeschooling the Child With Asperger Syndrome: Real Help for Parents Anywhere and on Any Budget. Lise Pyles.
- Home Educating Our Autistic Spectrum Children: Paths Are Made by Walking. Terri Dowty and Kitt Cowlishaw.
- Parenting a Child With Asperger Syndrome: 200 Tips and Strategies. Brenda Boyd.
- All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome. Kathy Hoopmann.
- The Asperger Parent: How to Raise a Child with Asperger Syndrome and Maintain Your Sense of Humor. Jeffrey Cohen.
- Choosing Home: Deciding to Homeschool With Asperger's Syndrome. Martha Kennedy Hartnett.
- The OASIS Guide to Asperger Syndrome: Completely Revised and Updated: Advice, Support, Insight, and Inspiration. Patricia Romanowski Bashe, Barbara L. Kirby, Simon Baron-Cohen, Tony Attwood.
Autism
- Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism. Temple Grandin.
- The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism , by Temple Grandin and Sean Barron.
- Home Educating Our Autistic Spectrum Children: Paths Are Made by Walking. Terri Dowty and Kitt Cowlishaw.
- Developing Talents: Careers for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism. Temple Grandin, Kate Duffy, and Tony Attwood.
- Behavioral Intervention for Young Children with Autism. Catherine Maurice, editor.
Other miscellaneous concerns:
- The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction. Carol Stock Kranowitz.
- Step by Step. Colleen Rose. Therapy for cerebral palsy, to teach the brain through repetition and various techniques.
- Homeschooling the Child with ADD or Other Special Needs: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the Child with Learning Differences. Leonore Colacíon Hayes. Insights on the challenges and joys of homeschooling special-needs children. Author's web page on special needs.
- The Difficult Child. Stanley Turecki.
- The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, "Chronically Inflexible" Children. Ross W. Greene.