2e Newsletter Booklist

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Title	Author	Description
A Mind at a Time	Mel Levine	A book that explores individual learning patterns and discusses ways for parents and teachers to encourage a child’s strengths and bypass the child’s weaknesses
Ask and Tell: Self-Advocacy and Disclosure for People on the Autism Spectrum	Stephen M. Shore (ed.)	A guide to self-advocacy for children and adults at school and work, and in personal life, written by people with autism
Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence: Helping Preteens and Teens Get Ready for the Real World	Teresa Bolick	A book that addresses the special difficulties that children with AS face during the teenage years
Asperger Syndrome and Young Children: Building Skills for the Real World	Teresa Bolick	A guide for parents and teachers of children aged three to seven who suffer from Asperger Syndrome
Beyond ADD	Thom Hartmann	A book that looks at AD/HD from a positive rather than negative perspective and attempts to explain why so many people wear that label today
College Planning for Gifted Students: Choosing and Getting Into the Right College	Sandra Berger	Guides readers through the college-planning process, moving from self-exploration, to college matching, to applying; includes useful timelines for grades 7 through 12. [Especially note the section on underachieving students, pp 36 – 45.]
Colleges for Students With Learning Disabilities or ADD	Peterson’s Guides	A guide to more than 750 institutions in the U.S. and Canada that offer programs for special needs students; includes information on how to gain entrance to the learning disability programs
Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools You Should Know About Even If You’re Not a Straight-A Student	Loren Pope	Focuses on schools that are often a good fit for students who are “outside the box.” [Note the chapter titled “The Learning Disabled of Today will Be the Gifted of Tomorrow.”]
Creative Home Schooling: A Resource Guide for Smart Families	Lisa Rivero	A guide that contains a wealth of resources, provides many useful suggestions, and reassures parents about their decision to homeschool
Crossover Children	Marlene Bireley	A practical guide for teachers to understanding the characteristics and needs of twice-exceptional students and meeting those needs in the classroom
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time	Mark Haddon	A novel that does an excellent job of offering readers insight into the mind of Christopher, an intelligent 15-year-old boy with Asperger Syndrome (AS); better suited to teen and adult readers
Different Minds: Gifted Children with ADHD, Asperger Syndrome, and other Learning Deficits	Deirdre Lovecky	A book that provides insight into the challenges and benefits specific to gifted children with AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and other learning difficulties
Diverse Populations of Gifted Children: Meeting Their Needs in the Regular Classroom and Beyond	Starr Cline and Diane Schwartz	A guide to help teachers identify and plan for gifted children from special populations, including children with disabilities, minorities, the learning disabled, preschoolers, the exceptionally gifted, gifted females and underachievers
Driven to Distraction	Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey	A book with many useful checklists that looks at relationships and the effect AD/HD can have on them
Educational Care	Mel Levine	A book that identifies the many phenomena that interfere with children’s learning experiences at different ages and offers specific suggestions for interventions to use at home and in school
Embracing the Monster: Overcoming the Challenges of Hidden Disabilities	Veronica Crawford with Larry B. Silver, MD	A look at just how difficult it is for people who are bright but struggling with hidden disabilities
Essentials of WISC-IV Assessment	Dawn Flanagan and Alan Kaufman	A step-by-step guide for mental health professionals and others to administering, scoring, and interpreting the WISC®-IV, the newly revised Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children®
Expert Approaches to Support Gifted Learners	Margaret Gosfield, editor	Seven years' worth of the "best of the best" articles from the California Association for the Gifted's publication Gifted Education Communicator
From Emotions to Advocacy	Pam and Pete Wright	An abundance of well organized and clearly presented information that teaches readers how to become effective advocates for children with disabilities
Genius Denied	Jan and Bob Davidson with Laura Vanderkam	A frank appraisal of the sorry state of gifted education in the United States today
The Gift of Dyslexia	Ronald D. Davis and Eldon M. Braun	Describes how dyslexics use multi-dimensional rather than verbal thinking and presents a method, the Davis Program, for teaching them to read
Gifted and Talented Children with Special Educational Needs: Double Exceptionality	Diane Montgomery	A collection of articles from around the English-speaking world on educating twice-exceptional children
Healing ADD	Daniel Amen	A discussion of what the author believes to be six different types of AD/HD, identified through brain imaging
The Highly Sensitive Person and The Highly Sensitive Child	Elaine Aron	A look at the traits and needs of individuals – many of whom are gifted – who have a sensitive nervous system, a high level of awareness, and easily become overwhelmed or overstimulated
In the Mind's Eye	Thomas G. West	Discusses how some of the most original thinkers in the areas of math and science have been visual thinkers and that some of them have had learning disabilities like dyslexia; also examines how having visual-spatial strengths and verbal weaknesses influenced the lives of well-known individuals, including Albert Einstein, Michael Faraday, and Winston Churchill
Learning Outside the Lines: Two Ivy League Students With Learning Disabilities and ADHD Give You the Tools for Academic Success and Educational Revolution	Jonathan Mooney and David Cole	An inside account of what it takes to succeed at a prestigious university when you’re a twice-exceptional student; offers plenty of learning tips and strategies that are useful to younger students as well.
Like Sound Through Water: A Mother's Journey Through Auditory Processing Disorder	Karen J. Foli	A mother's very personal description of her five-year quest to identify the cause of her young son's problems - Central Auditory Processing Disorder; an honest look at the effect of a child’s disability on the entire family
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s	John Elder Robison	An entertaining and insightful memoir about growing up with undiagnosed Asperger's in a highly dysfunctional family
“Mellow Out,” They Say. If I Only Could	Michael M. Piechowski	A look at the emotional life of gifted young people, viewing them through the lens of Dabrowski’s overexciteabilities (extreme sensitivity in these areas: psychomotor, sensual, intellectual, imaginational, and emotional)
Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger’s, Depression, and Other Disorders	James Webb, Edward Amend, Nadia Webb, Jean Goerss, Paul Beljan, Richard Olenchak	Six nationally known health care and education professionals describe how parents and professionals can distinguish between gifted behaviors and pathological behaviors
The Mislabeled Child: How Understanding Your Child's Unique Learning Style Can Open the Door to Success	Brock and Fernette Eide	Two physician/parents explain brain-based learning challenges and how a child's unique strengths can be used to overcome them
Multiple Intelligences in the Elementary Classroom: A Teacher’s Toolkit	Susan Baum, Julie Viens, Barbara Slatin with Howard Gardner	A guide to help teachers use Multiple Intelligences theory to design effective curriculum for their elementary-level students with diverse learning abilities
The Myth of Laziness	Mel Levine	A book written about children and adults "unjustly" accused of being lazy – individuals who the author states "possess minds that learn and think better than they work"
The Optimistic Child	Martin E. Seligman	Written by a noted psychologist who offers a plan of action for instilling in children a sense of optimism and personal mastery, deterrents to the development of depression
The Organized Student	Donna Goldberg with Jennifer Zwiebel	A detailed guide that leads parents through the process of getting their children organized both at home and at school
The Out-of-Sync Child	Carol Stock Kranowitz	A look at sensory processing disorder, a common but frequently misdiagnosed problem; includes information on vision and hearing deficits, motor skill problems, picky eaters, AD/HD, autism, and other disorders
Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level	Sally Shaywitz, M.D.	A guide from Yale neuroscientist Sally Shaywitz to help parents and educators understand dyslexia and employ effective strategies for treating it
Quirky Kids: Understanding and Helping Your Child Who Doesn't Fit In – When to Worry and When Not to Worry	Perri Klass, M.D. and Eileen Costello	A very clear and understandable guide to raising children who once would have been considered odd or eccentric but today are likely to have a medical or psychiatric diagnosis; written by two Harvard-trained pediatricians who share their perspectives as both moms and physicians
Raising Topsy-Turvy Kids	Alexandra Golon	A resource for parents and others involved in the care and teaching of visual-spatial children
Re-Forming Gifted Education: Matching the Program to the Child	Karen Rogers	A research-based guide to school enrichment and acceleration
Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children	Sylvia Rimm	Psychologist Sylvia Rimm offers simple advice to parents of obese children
Scattered	Gabor Maté	A very personal book that challenges common thinking about AD/HD
School Success for Kids with Asperger’s Syndrome	Stephan M. Silverman and Rich Weinfeld	A guide to help parents and educators understand Asperger Syndrome (AS) and meet the needs of children who have this autism spectrum disorder
Schools Where Everyone Belongs: Practical Strategies for Reducing Bullying	Stan Davis	A guide to setting up school anti-bullying programs that work
Sensational Kids	Lucy Jane Miller	A resource written by the leading researcher on sensory processing disorder to help parents and others identify and address SPD in children
Sensory Integration and the Child	Jean Ayres	A reference book on sensory integration written by the pioneer of this field
The Sensory-Sensitive Child	Karen A. Smith and Karen R. Gouze	Two psychologists and mothers of sensory-sensitive children explain the role that sensory processing problems play in a child's emotional and behavioral difficulties
Seven Steps to Homework Success	Sydney S. Zentall, and Sam Goldstein	A guide for teaching elementary and high school children to do homework independently and successfully
Smart Kids with Learning Difficulties	Richard Weinfeld, Sue Jeweler, Linda Barnes-Robinson, Betty Shevitz	A guide to help parents and educators answer these questions: Who are the kids with learning difficulties? How do we find them? What can we do for them? What are appropriate programs and services? What will help them overcome their learning difficulties?
Smart Kids with School Problems	Priscilla Vail	A look at gifted children’s characteristics and needs and a description of how parents, educators, and others can help children deal with problems in what the author calls the five learning systems
Social/Emotional Issues, Underachievement, and Counseling of Gifted and Talented Students	Sidney M. Moon and Sally M. Reis (Editors)	Part of the National Association for Gifted Children series Essential Readings in Gifted Education; a collection of articles from Gifted Child Quarterly
Some of My Best Friends are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers from Preschool to High School	Judith Wynn Halsted	A guide to approximately 300 books that librarians, teachers, and parents can recommend to gifted children for their enjoyment and to help them gain perspective on themselves and others
Stand up for Your Gifted Child	Joan Franklin Smutny	A guide to help parents recognize and develop their children's gifts and become powerful advocates for their children at school
Straight Talk about Psychological Testing for Kids	Ellen Braaten and Gretchen Felopulos	Two psychologists help parents understand how psychological testing works and how to use testing to get the best help for their children
Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom	Susan Winebrenner	Strategies and techniques that teachers can use to meet the learning needs of gifted/talented students; includes information on twice-exceptional students
Teaching Gifted Students With Disabilities	Editors: Susan K. Johnsen and James Kendrick	A collection of articles that have appeared in Gifted Child Today, a monthly magazine on gifted education published by Prufrock Press
Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom	Susan Winebrenner	Strategies and techniques that teachers can use to challenge and motivate struggling students
Teaching Teens with ADD and ADHD	Chris A. Zeigler	A comprehensive reference guide for parents and educators that has useful information about kids of all ages and can apply to children with LDs as well as AD/HD
The Teenagers’ Guide to School Outside the Box	Rebecca Greene	An eye-opening guide to alternative learning experiences for high schoolers, from mentorships to internships to study abroad programs; described as a book for kids “feeling boxed in by high school”
To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled	Susan Baum with Steven V. Owen	A rich resource to help teachers and parents identify and meet the needs of twice-exceptional students
Twice-Exceptional and Special Populations of Gifted Students	Susan Baum and Sally M. Reis (Editors)	Part of the National Association for Gifted Children series Essential Readings in Gifted Education; a collection of articles from Gifted Child Quarterly
Underserved Gifted Populations	Joan Franklin Smutny (Editor)	A collection of over 30 articles that focus on the needs of students who may be included in gifted programs but whose unique problems and circumstances are not often well understood or addressed
Understanding Your Child’s Puzzling Behavior	Steven E. Curtis	A guide to help parents help parents determine whether their child's behavior is within the bounds of normal or a problem that requires professional help
Uniquely Gifted: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of the Twice-Exceptional Student	Kiesa Kay, Editor	A collection of over 40 articles by parents, teachers, and twice exceptional children that focus on the strategies and environments that best meet the needs of twice-exceptional children
Upside-Down Brilliance	Linda Silverman	A blueprint for parenting, teaching and living with those who think in images
When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers: How to Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs	Jim Delisle and Judy Galbraith	A look at gifted students from the "inside out," focusing on their social and emotional needs, including sections on underachievement and being a gifted teacher
When the Brain Can't Hear: Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder	Teri James Bellis	A straightforward discussion of brain-related auditory disorders in children and adults, including diagnosis (and misdiagnosis) and the treatment of the disorders along with ways of compensating for them
Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades	Sylvia Rimm	A practical, six-step program that helps parents and teachers work together to get underachieving students back on track