Parent Resources

All Kinds of Minds is a nonprofit institute for the understanding of differences in learning.

The All Kinds of Minds Parent Toolkit is designed to give parents, caregivers, and educators a better understanding of learning differences, as well as providing strategies and resources.

All Kinds of Minds Learning Framework explains the learning framework behind All Kinds of Minds.

An Open Conversation is an archived podcast with prominent author Temple Grandin, Ph. D. about her journey growing up with autism in an era when children were routinely institutionalized following such a diagnosis.

Bookshare is a large accessible online library for people with print disabilities.

Since 1984 the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) has earned international recognition for its development of innovative, technology-based educational resources and strategies.

The Child Mind Institute is dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders by giving them the help they need to thrive.

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving learning outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with differences, and/or the gifted.

The Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD) provides services to professionals who work with individuals with learning differences.

Executive Function Strategies to Externalize Time, Memory, Motivation with Ari Tuckman, Psy.D., MBA helps parents learn about:

• A more useful and sophisticated way of thinking about executive functions

• Why ADHD makes it harder to consistently convert intentions into actions

• The treatments and interventions that improve executive functions — and those that don’t

• How to tweak your environment, choose the right tools, set up the right blockers, consider consequences, and hold onto a resilient mindset

The Parent’s Guide to Executive Functioning Skills

How to model prioritization, self-monitoring, and organization skills for your children with ADHD.

https://www.additudemag.com/the-parents-guide-to-executive-functioning-skills/

KidsHealth aims to give families the tools and confidence to make the best health choices.

LD Online seeks to help children and adults reach their full potential by providing accurate information and advice about learning disabilities and ADHD.

Learning Ally offers textbook and literature audiobooks for Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities.

Learning Disabilities Association of America is the largest nonprofit volunteer organization advocating for individuals with learning differences and has over 200 state and local affiliates in 42 states and Puerto Rico.

Learning Disabilities Worldwide, Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer organization including individuals with learning differences, their families, and professionals. LDW has more than 15,000 subscribers worldwide. The LD Resources web site has been providing information for people with learning differences and people who work with people with learning differences since 1995.

The National Center for Learning Disabilities provides essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning differences, promotes research and programs to foster effective learning, and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities.

Teaching LD is a service of the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) of the Council for Exceptional Children.

The Education Law Center: MD is a nonprofit legal advocacy and educational organization, dedicated to ensuring that all of Maryland’s children have access to a quality public education.

The Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health specializes in the understanding and managing of attention deficits, worry/anxiety, and child and adult learning difficulties.

Thinking Differently: An Inspiring Guide for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities, by David Flink, is a brilliant guide to help parents understand and accept learning disabilities in their children, offering tips and strategies for successfully advocating on their behalf and helping them become their own best advocates.

Understood.org mission is to “ to give parents a direct path to the support they need most to make them feel more confident and capable, less frustrated and alone.”

Integrated Learning Strategies