Contact Us: 510-835-0466
Resources
General information on learning disabilities
- All Kinds of Minds
- Promotes understanding of different kinds of learning styles and application for the classroom and home. Provides programs, tools and a common language for parents, educators and clinicians to help students.
- Misunderstood Minds
- Companion site to the PBS special Misunderstood Minds and profiles a variety of learning problems and expert opinions. Give parents and teachers a better understanding of learning processes, insights into difficulties, and strategies for responding.
- National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
- Promotes public awareness and understanding of learning disabilities. Advocates for improved legislation and works for better services for individuals with learning disabilities.
- NICHY-The National Information Center for Children & Youth with Disabilities
- An information clearinghouse that provides free information on disabilities and disability-related issues.
Parent Support
- Berkeley Parents Network
- Parent-to-parent email network for the community of parents in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 1993, the BPN is run by a group of volunteer parents in their "spare" time. Resources and advice for parents.
- Parents Eduction Network
- Coalition of professionals and parents of children representing a range of disabilities and ages. Serves parents of special needs children-- birth to adulthood and those not yet identified as needing services. Funded by U.S. Department of Education.
- Parents Helping Parents
- Non-profit, community-based, parent-directed family resource center. PHP provides education and skills training, information, guidance and peer support for families with diagnosis of and ongoing impact of childhood disabilities including intellectual, learning or physical disabilities.
- Schwab Foundation for Learning
- Non-profit foundation dedicated to raising awareness about learning differences and providing parents and teachers with the information, resources, and support they need to improve the lives of kids with learning differences.
- Smart Kids with LD
- Non-profit organization dedicated to empowering the parents of children with learning disabilities (LD) and attention-deficit disorder (ADHD). Provides information, advice and support from experts, parents, and adults living with LD and ADHD.
- Inside the Teenage Brain
- Chronicles how scientists are exploring the recesses of the brain and finding some new explanations for why adolescents behave the way they do. Implications for changes in parenting, teaching and understanding teenagers.
Attention Deficit Disorders
- Children & Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (CH.A.D.D.)
- National organization of parents and professionals dedicated to children and adults with attention deficit disorder.
- Edward Hallowell, M.D.
- Written by a physician with ADHD and emphasizes his viewpoint that when ADHD is managed properly it can be an asset to individuals.
Autism
- National Institutes of Mental Health
- Offers information on signs and symptoms, treatment, publications and science news from National Institutes of Mental Health
Asperger's Syndrome
- Asperger's Syndrome Website
- Resource for families, individuals, and medical professionals who deal with the challenges of Asperger’s Syndrome, Autism, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder / Not Otherwise Specified (PDD/NOS). Provides articles, educational resources and links.
Dyscalculia
- Dyscalculia.org
- Provides information on the nature of dyscalculia, diagnosis, remediation, resources and links.
Dyslexia
- International Dyslexia Society (IDA)
- Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
- The Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) is an organization for parents of children with disabilities and professionals in the field. The site offers information about learning disabilities, the LDA Annual Conference, and publications. The national LDA site links to state chapters of LDA.
- Dyslexia Parents
- Resources for parents and educators of dyslexic children and teens. Information on research, diagnosis, assessment, parent education and technology.
Gifted
- California Association of Gifted and Talented Students
- Organization of educators and parents dedicated to meeting the needs of gifted and talented students. One of the largest state advocacy groups of its kind.
Nonverbal Learning Disability
- http://www.nldline.com/
- Educating the caregivers and associates of individuals with NLD is the prime goal of this website; next is the desire to network those interested in NLD. Contains games for children, information for educators and short essays written by individuals with NLD.
- http://www.nld-bprourke.ca/
- Byron Rourke is a leading researcher in the field of nonverbal learning disabilities. This website is intended for professionals, but contains useful information for parents as well.
Occupational Therapy
- http://www.aota.org/Consumers/WhatisOT/CY.aspx
- The website of the American Occupational Therapy Association provides fact sheets about occupational therapy in schools, the role of OT in homework help and organizational skills, sensory integration and more.
Parent Advocacy
- Wrightslaw http://www.wrightslaw.com/
- Contains information for parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.
- Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) http://www.dralegal.org/investigations/ld.php
- Non-profit law center in Berkeley, California that investigates complaints of persons with documented learning disabilities who were denied accommodations on high stakes tests. Such high stakes tests include state examinations (like high school "exit exams"), as well as college or post-graduate admissions tests and state licensing exams
Speech/language issues
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/ChildSandL.htm - Resource for speech and language disorders, medical conditions, a checklist of typical speech and language development and suggestions for helping children with communication disorders in schools.
Technology
- http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/technology/product_list/math.html
- Explores new developments in technology that can accommodate people with learning disabilities.
- "Assistive Writing" AbilityHub, Assistive Technology Solutions. http://www.abilityhub.com/speech/speech-ld.htm
- Speak to Write Project. http://www.edc.org/spk2wrt/
Disclaimer: This information is being provided in an effort to help people find local professionals and resources. We do not recommend or endorse any particular referral source, type of professional, or specific professional.
Meet Our Team
TaCorra Anderson-McCullough earned her BA in Sociology, her Educational Therapy certificate, and is currently working toward a Masters in Education, all from Holy Names University. While she believes in the development of the whole student, her areas of special focus are elementary math, reading fluency, reading comprehension, and handwriting. TaCorra enjoys reading and writing for pleasure, but treasures the time she gets to spend with her family.