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Parent-Connect 2007-2008

Topic: Learning, ADHD, and Study Skills

Parent-Connect Live Session: November 5th, 8:00-9:00PM EST

Today’s teens are immersed in highly competitive academic environments that are far more complex than the classrooms of a generation ago. Empowering your teen to learn and study effectively may seem a daunting task, especially if your child faces special challenges when it comes to learning. This program provides greater understanding about ADHD and other learning disabilities as well as promising strategies to create a positive association with learning and academic success for your child.

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Facilitation Guide for Further Discussion of Learning, ADHD, and Study Skills

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Recommended Reading List for Further Information about Learning, ADHD, and Study Skills

Helpful Information for Parents

National Resources

For Support

• The ADD Resource Center, http://HaroldMeyer.org, 646.205.8080. Provides proven, practical tools and strategies to help individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity and related disorders to succeed. Programs include coaching, parenting classes, home and office organization, time, project and paper management, study skills, group seminars, and more.
• CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), www.chadd.org. The nation's leading non-profit organization serving individuals with ADHD and their families. CHADD has over 16,000 members in 200 local chapters throughout the U.S. Chapters offer support for individuals, parents, teachers, professionals, and others.
• The Gurian Institute, www.gurianinstitute.com. Provides schools, homes, workplaces, and community agencies with crucial understanding of how boys and girls learn and grow, and women and men work and lead.
• Hooked on Phonics, http://hooked-on-phonics.com. A leading creator of educational products for families that are fun, easy to use, and get results. Since the company was founded in 1987, more than two million families and thousands of schools have turned to Hooked on Phonics' library of awardwinning programs.
• Kennedy Krieger Institute, www.kennedykrieger.org. An internationally recognized facility located in Baltimore, Maryland dedicated to improving the lives of children and adolescents with pediatric developmental disabilities through patient care, special education, research, and professional training.
• Learning Disabilities Association (LDA) of America, www.ldaamerica.org. Provides support to people with learning disabilities, their parents, teachers and other professionals. At the national, state, and local levels, LDA provides cutting edge information on learning disabilities, practical solutions, and a comprehensive network of resources. The largest non-profit volunteer organization advocating for individuals with learning disabilities, LDA has over 200 state and local affiliates in 42 states and Puerto Rico.
• Project Eye-to-Eye, www.projecteyetoeye.org. Matches college and high school students with LD/ADHD, acting as tutors, role models and mentors, with elementary, middle, and high school students with LD/ADHD in order to empower these students and help them find success.

For More Information

• ADDitude, www.additudemag.com. Provides practical information about raising children, including behavior and discipline strategies, help making and keeping friends, and organizing for success.Hundred of answers from ADDitude ’s expert panel to difficult questions asked by real people living with ADHD or learning disabilities.
• College-Scholarships.com, www.college-scholarships.com/learning_disabilities.htm. Almost all colleges and universities provide some level of services and/or accommodations for learning disabled students, as mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The colleges and universities listed here go a step further by offering programs, some quite comprehensive, designed to support students with learning disabilities.
• Education Unlimited, www.educationunlimited.com. One the nation's leading summer academic enrichment program providers. A privately held California Corporation which was founded in 1993 with the mission of giving every high school student the best possible chance of gaining acceptance into the college of their choice.
• FinAid, www.finaid.org/otheraid/ld.phtml. Presents a short list of scholarships for students with learning disabilities.
• The International Dyslexia Association (IDA), www.interdys.org. An organization dedicated to the study and treatment of the learning disability, dyslexia as well as related language-based learning differences. With more than 11,000 members, IDA is the oldest such organization in the U.S. serving individuals with dyslexia, their families, and professionals in the field.
• LD Online, www.ldonline.org. Seeks to help children and adults reach their full potential by providing accurate and up-to-date information and advice about learning disabilities and ADHD. The site features hundreds of helpful articles, multimedia, monthly columns by noted experts, first person essays, children’s writing and artwork, a comprehensive resource guide, very active forums, and a Yellow Pages referral directory of professionals, schools, and products.
• Learning Outside the Lines, by Jonathan Mooney and David Cole. A practical guide to help kids jump through the necessary hoops to achieve whatever larger, post-school goals they may have. While much of the material is written for kids who've received the label LD or ADHD, many of the suggestions can be just as helpful for those who've been labeled "gifted," or any other student who feels frustrated with the daily routine of standard education.
• Maybe You Know My Teen: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Adolescent With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, by Mary Fowler. Distills the most up-to-date information from researchers worldwide and testimony from parents of teens with ADHD in a comprehensive resource.
• The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons from Falling Behind in School and Life, by Michael Gurian and Kathy Stevens. Presents a whole new way of solving the problem based on the latest research and application of neuro-biological research on how boys' brains actually work and how they can learn very well if they're properly taught.
• The Myth of Maturity: What Teenagers Need from Parents to Become Adults, by Terri Apter. Argues that parents have been hanging on to an idea that's all wrong: when children finish high school or college and land a job, they instantly become autonomous, responsible adults. This "myth of maturity," insists Apter, is harming our kids. Apter claims that though parents have been taught that they should end support (emotional, financial, and practical) so that their children can be independent and self-reliant, this is the wrong approach.
• National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), www.ncld.org. Works to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents and adults with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work, and life. NCLD provides essential information to parents, professionals, and individuals with learning disabilities, promotes research and programs to foster effective learning, and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities.
• The National Resource Center on ADHD, www.help4adhd.org. National clearinghouse for the latest evidence-based information on ADHD. Provides comprehensive information and support to individuals with ADHD, their families and friends, and the professionals involved in their lives.
• National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, www.nrcld.org. Conducts research on the identification of learning disabilities; formulates implementation recommendations; disseminates findings; and provides technical assistance to national, state, and local constituencies.
• Schwab Learning, www.schwablearning.org/pdfs/timetabletransitions.pdf. A guide for parents helping children with learning disabilities. Outlines a time table for transitions in a student’s life and ways to prepare for higher education.
• What the Silenced Say: An Evening with Jonathan Mooney DVD. Messages of hope, empowerment, and the need for educational revolution resound in the video featuring self-advocate Jonathan Mooney. Through a lecture, Q & A session, and in-depth interview, Jonathan speaks honestly in a voice that comes straight from the educational trenches about his experience as a student who is dyslexic and has ADHD.
• Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen, by Davis Walsh, Ph.D. A groundbreaking new guide for surviving the drama of adolescence. Explains exactly what happens to the human brain on the path from childhood into adolescence and adulthood. Revealing the latest scientific findings in easy-to-understand terms, this book shows why moodiness, quickness to anger and to take risks, miscommunication, fatigue, territoriality, and other familiar teenage behavior problems are so common.
• The Wonder of Girls: Understanding the Hidden Nature of our Daughters, by Michael Gurian. Provides crucial information for fully understanding the basic nature of girls: up-to-date scientific research on female biology, hormones, and brain development and how they shape girls' interests, behavior, and relationships.

Other Helpful Articles and Websites

• The Boston Globe Article, www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/01/17/summers _remarks_on_women_draw_fire. Analyzes the reaction to past President of Harvard University Lawrence H. Summer’s comments on women and science and math.
• Educational Testing Service / Ad Council Campaign to Discourage Academic Cheating, www.glasscastle. com/clients/www-nocheating-org/adcouncil/research/cheatingbackgrounder.html. Discusses research on cheating through the ages, cheating through technology, and more.
• Education World Article, www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr053.shtml. Answers the question about how much help parents should provide when it comes to homework, school work, and studying.
• MSNBC Article, www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18426047. Information regarding Duke Business School cheating scandal.
• New York Times Article, www.nytimes.com/2007/08/14/nyregion/14middle.html. A look at New York’s plan for low-performing schools.
• USA Today Article, www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2007-09-26-floridast-cheating_N.htm. Information regarding Florida State University cheating scandal.
• USA Today Article, www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2007-02-19-characterforum_ x.htm. An editorial about what schools can do about academic underachievement and character education.

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