Science of Reading:

• Teaching Reading is Rocket Science - Louisa Moats
• Center for Early Reading: Learning to Read
• • A Primer, Learning to Read Part One
  • A Primer: Learning to Read Part Two
• Is my kid learning how to read? - The Purple Challenge
• • Part 1 - The Purple Challenge
  • Part 2: The Purple Challenge
• Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
• Structured Literacy Brief: An Introductory Guide
• Structured Literacy & Typical Literacy Practices: Understanding Differences
• Proust and the Squid by Maryanne Wolf  (Science of the Reading Brain)
• Shifting the Balance by Jan Berkins and Kari Yates (6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom)
• Uncovering the Logic of English (A Common-Sense Approach to Reading, Spelling, and Literacy) by Denise Eide

 Scientifically-Based Reading Intervention & The Orton-Gillingham Approach:

• Orton Gillingham Resources
• When Readers Get Stuck (Nell Duke)
• What are Decodable Texts? Why are they important?
• Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System: Does it sound right?
• The Role of Orthographic Mapping in Learning to Read (Joan Sedita)
• Orthographic Knowledge is Essential for Reading & Spelling (Mather & Jaffe)

Learning Disabilities:

• Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities

www.smartkidswithld.org

• Understood: For learning and attention issues

www.understood.com

• Learning Disabilities Association of America

https://ldaamerica.org/

• Child Mind Institute

www.childmind.org/

Advocacy and Other Special Education Resources:

• 504 Accommodations Guide

https://www.psea.org/contentassets/ac6695903bd94d27aa14e85c3a12d90e/504-accommodations-guide.pdf

• Wrightslaw

www.wrightslaw.com

• From Emotions to Advocacy by Peter and Pam Wright 

• Council of Parents Attorneys and Advocates 

https://www.copaa.org/?

• Special Education Equity for Kids

https://seekct.com/

• Decoding Dyslexia

http://www.decodingdyslexia.net/

• The Reading League

https://www.thereadingleague.org/

• Getting to Yes (Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In) by Roger Fisher and William Ury 

Amy’s Picks -- parenting, inspirational, education and random!

        • The Shoes We Wear - A blog that celebrates those with differences and the incredible people and organizations that support them!

• Educated by Tara Westover

• Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher & William Ury

• Grit by Angela Duckworth

• Kelly Corrigan Wonders by Apple Podcasts

• Mindset by Carol S. Dweck

• Nurture Shock by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman

• The Blessing of a Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel

• The Choice by Dr. Edith Eva Eger

• The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler

• The Secret Power of Middle Children by Catherine Salmon and Katrin Schumann

• The Smartest Kids in the World and How They Got that Way by Amanda Ripley

• Under Pressure by Lisa Damour

• Untangled by Lisa Damour

• Voice Lessons for Parents by Wendy Mogel

Dyslexia, Difference and Learning Disabilities Books for Kids:

• Thank you, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polocco

• The Lemonade Club by Patricia Polocco

• Looking for Heroes by Aidan Colvin

• My Name is Brain Brian by Jeanne Betancourt

• Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

• Cognitive Load Theory by Greg Ashman