INFORMATION ABOUT LITERACY AND LEARNING

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Stern Center staff have written and compiled the following list of resources related to literacy, learning disabilities and learning differences. If you have questions, please contact us!

ADULT LITERACY
Professional Development in Learning Disabilities for Adult Literacy Providers, Blanche Podhajski, Ph.D., excerpted from Learning Disabilities, Literacy and Adult Education (Vogel and Reder, 1998, Brookes Publishing Company).

ATTENTIONAL DIFFICULTIES
Adults have ADD/ADHD Too, Rebecca Longmire, Psy.D.

EDUCATIONAL EVALUATIONS
Talking With Your Child about an Evaluation, Andrea Brown, Ph.D.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Download a copy of our 2007 Stern Center Newsletter

LEARNING DISABILITIES
Characteristics of a Nonverbal LD: a Visual- Spatial LD Without Social Skills Deficits, Jackie Earle-Cruickshanks

http://www.aboutld.org This web site was developed by the coordinated campaign for learning disabilities to answer questions parents and students may have about learning disabilities. It is very easy to navigate and offers valuable information on the basics of learning disabilities in easy to understand terms.

PRESCHOOL and EARLY LITERACY

100 Great Picture Books
What Makes a Show Good for a Two Year Old
Early Warning Signs
BUILDING BLOCKS for Literacy Research Summary

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
A Model Professional Development Program to Increase Early Literacy, Blanche Podhajski, Ph.D.

What Preservice and Inservice Teachers Believe and Know About Early Reading Instruction, coauthored by Dr. Blanche Podhajski and published in the Annals of Dyslexia, 2002

RESEARCH
Mentoring to Link Reading Research to Practice: An Opportunity for Professional Renewal

BUILDING BLOCKS for Literacy Research Summary (February, 2002)