GTLD HELP: Resources for Providing Support to Students
Who Are Gifted but Also Learning Disabled
Uniquely Gifted:
Identifying and Meeting the Needs of the Twice-Exceptional Student,
edited by Kiesa Kay. an excellent resource. This book contains
chapters from parents, teachers, researchers and administrators.
Crossover Children: A
Sourcebook for Helping Children Who Are Gifted and Learning Disabled,
by Marlene Bireley.
Different Minds: Gifted
Children With AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and Other Learning Deficits
by Deirdre Lovecky. I'm very excited about this new book - I just got my
copy and am avidly reading it. Dr. Lovecky knows our kids like no one
else. This book is filled with well documented information on gifted
kids, ADHD, Asperger Syndrome, and how these syndromes look different in
gifted children. Lots of references. It is a dense book, because it is
so full of info and research findings, and very worth the time and
effort to read. Definitely a "must buy" for anyone parenting or working
with gifted children with AD/HD and/or Asperger Syndrome.
The Explosive Child: A
New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated,
"Chronically Inflexible" Children
by Ross Greene. Badly titled, but excellent book.
Kids, Parents, and
Power Struggles: Winning for a Lifetime
by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Another useful book from
Kurcinka, especially for those families where parents as well as
children are "spirited."
Learning Outside the
Lines: Two Ivy League Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD Give
You the Tools for Academic Success and Educational Revolution,
by Jonathan Mooney & David Cole. This wonderful book is by two recent
graduates of Brown University, both of whom struggled through school
(one dropping out for years) – both clearly gifted/special needs. They
are also the founders of a program linking special needs college
students with grade school students, as mentors. Aimed at students, it
is a must-read for parents and teachers as well.
*The Myth of Laziness
by Mel Levine.
A Mind at a Time
by Mel Levine
7 Kinds of Smart:
Identifying and Developing Your Many Intelligences, Armstrong,
Thomas. New York: Plume, 1993.
In Their Own Way:
Discovering and Encouraging Your Child's Personal Learning Style,
Armstrong, Thomas.New York: Tarcher/Putnam, 1987.
To be gifted and
learning disabled: From identification to practical intervention
strategies by Baum, S., Owen, S. V., & Dixon, J. (1991).Mansfield
Center, CT: Creative Learning Press.
The Pretenders: Gifted
People Who Have Difficulty Learning by Barbara Guyer.
Sleep Better!: A Guide
to Improving Sleep for Children with Special Needs by V. Mark
Durand. Well written, with helpful advice from a research psychologist
who speaks from personal experience as well as theoretical knowledge.
The Social and
Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know?,
edited by Maureen Neihart.
Special Educator's
Complete Guide to 109 Diagnostic Tests by Roger Pierangelo &
George Giuliani. A useful guide to special education testing, with brief
descriptions of a wide variety of tests, including strengths and
weaknesses of the tests.
Special Siblings:
Growing Up With Someone With a Disability by Mary McHugh. A
sensitive, thoughtful book, written by someone who grew up as a "special
sibling".
To be Gifted & Learning
Disabled: From Identification to Practical Intervention Strategies,
by Susan M. Baum, Steve V. Owen, John Dixon.
Understanding Your
Special Needs Grandchildby Clare Jones. Includes information on
conditions including learning disabilities, ADHD, Asperger's syndrome,
autism, Tourette's disorder, speech and learning delays, and emotional
and behavioral problems.
A User's Guide to the
Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain
by John Ratey. For those of us dealing
with special needs children, this guide to the current understanding of
how the brain works provides valuable information.
College planning for
gifted students, by Berger, S. (1989). Reston, VA: The ERIC
Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education.
Education of the gifted
and talented, by Davis, G. A., & Rimm, S. B. (1994). Boston: Allyn
& Bacon.
The encouragement
book, by Dinkmeyer, D. and Losoncy, L. (1980), Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice-Hall.
Inviting school
success (2nd Ed.), by Purkey, W. W. and Novak, J. A. (1984).
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Bright underachievers,
by Raph, J. B., Goldberg, M. L. and Passow, A. H. (1966). New York:
Teachers College Press.
Spatial learners.
Understanding Our Gifted, by Silverman, L. (March, 1989).1 (4), pp.
1, 7, 8, 16.
The visual-spatial
learner. Preventing School Failure,by Silverman, L. (Fall, 1989).
34 (1), 15-20.
Giftedness, conflict
and underachievement ,by Whitmore, J. F. (1980). Boston: Allyn and
Bacon.
The video, "How
Difficult Can This Be?: The F.A.T. City Workshop" by Rick
Lavoie. The description from the website says it all: "For kids with
learning disabilities, the classroom can be an intimidating place. In this
workshop, Richard Lavoie shows why. He leads a group of parents, educators,
psychologists, and children through a series of exercises that cause
Frustration, Anxiety, and Tension...feelings all too familiar to children
with learning disabilities. By dramatizing the classroom experience so
vividly, Lavoie lets us see the world through the eyes of a child. At the
end of the workshop, participants discuss strategies for working more
effectively with learning disabled children."
