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Learning Disabilities

Non Fiction

Attention Deficit Disorderby Susan Dudley Gold
Attention Deficit Disorder
Published 2000 by Enslow Publishers

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-- Each book discusses a specific disease, usually illustrated through case studies of people with the disease.

-- Formerly a Crestwood House series and now available as new books and revised editions from Enslow Publishers, Inc.

-- Factual information and statistics make this series excellent for report writing.

Add and ADHDby Judith Peacock
Add and ADHD
Published 2001 by Capstone Press

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Unlocking Potential: College and Other Choices for People with LD and AD/HDby Juliana M. Taymans
Unlocking Potential: College and Other Choices for People with LD and AD/HD
Published 2000 by Woodbine House

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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorderby Julie Williams
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Published 2001 by Enslow Publishers

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-- Discusses the nature and treatment of each disease and examines possible cures.

-- Perfect in the library for reports or in the classroom for science and health education courses.

-- Books contain fascinating case studies, as well as questions and answers.

Fiction

Parents Wantedby George Harrar
Parents Wanted
Published 2001 by Milkweed Editions

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Andy longs for a loving home and parents he can trust, but his attention deficit disorder, combined with the legacy of his dysfunctional parents, causes him to constantly challenge authority. Photos.

 

Freak the Mightyby Rodman Philbrick
Freak the Mighty
Published 2001 by Scholastic Paperbacks

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MAX. FREAK. BEST FRIENDS. FOREVER.

"I never had a brain until Freak came along. . . ".

That's what Max thought. All his life he'd been called stupid. Dumb. Slow. It didn't help that his body seemed to be growing faster than his mind. It didn't help that people were afraid of him. So Max learned how to be alone At least until Freak came along.

Freak was weird, too. He had a little body -- and a really big brain. Together Max and Freak were unstoppable.

 

Together, they were Freak the Mighty.

Trout and Meby Susan Shreve
Trout and Me
Published 2002 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

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Probably Still Nick Swansenby Virginia Euwer Wolff
Probably Still Nick Swansen
Published 2002 by Simon Pulse

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Nick Swansen knows what it means to be Special Ed.--he can't drive, the regular kids don't talk to him much, and it's hard to make sense of all the stuff swirling in his mind. What he doesn't know is whether being Special Ed. means you shouldn't go to the prom--so he asks Shana. That's when everything bad gets all mixed up.

 

Subject Headings

 

Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity -- Popular works

Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder

Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder -- Juvenile literature

Hyperactive children -- Juvenile literature

 

Books on this topic are generally found in this Dewey Decimal System range of numbers:

 

371.9

378.73

616.8589

618.92

 

 

A complete list of the Library’s magazine and newspaper titles can be found at:

http://www.starklibrary.org/Magazine%20and%20Newspaper%20List.pdf

 

Websites:

 

ADD Resources

http://www.addresources.org

 

Child Development Institute’s Learning Disabilities Resource Page

http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/learning/learning_disabilities.shtml

 

The International Dyslexia Association - Teen Page

http://www.interdys.org/servlet/teens

 

National Center for Learning Disabilities - Teen Page

http://www.ld.org/livingwithld/teens_home.cfm

 

 

 

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