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Books and Materials
We will be listing books and materials that are being used at our office. If you would like to look through any of these materials, please ask your therapist and we would be happy to share!
- The Hidden Curriculum: Practical Solutions for Understanding Unstated Rules in Social Situations: Brenda Smith Myles, Melissa L. Trautman, & Ronda L. Schelvan
- As quoted in the Introduction, "The world around us is complicated place filled with rules, guidelines, regulations, and policies. Although rules and mandates, in themselves, can be complex, most of us take comfort in them-often unconsciously-because they help us to know what to do in most everyday situations. Most of us like rules if they are consistent. It is when they are unclear, are used inconsistently, or are unstated that we become upset, indignant or confused."
- This book provides common sense information regarding recognizing and teaching unwritten rules in our society.
- How to Study in College: Walter Pauk & Ross J.Q. Owens
- The following information is included on the back cover:
- "More than one million students have used the common-sense systems in How to Study in College to transform adequate work into academic success."
- "Learn how the Cornell Note Taking System-paired with Questions in the Margins-can be applied to any course to help you improve your grades."
- "It's Your Q icons ask you to apply what you've learned about marginal questions to come up with your own."
- "Understand learning styles-visual, auditory, and kinesthetic-includes strategies for "switching channels" from one style to another in order to pick up information more readily and clearly."
- "Apply critical thinking skills to reading and coursework to identify what's relevant, important, and reliable."
- "Improve your reading skills by using the PACE system."
- "Increase your vocabulary, permanently, through the Word History System and Words in Context sections."
- This book is used as a resource in our office for clients who are in college, in high school, and even middle school at times to help teach study strategies.
- Word Play: Fun Games for Building Reading and Writing Skills in Children with Learning Differences:by Lori Goodman & Lora Myers
- Included on the back cover: "Learning should be fun. But when a child struggles with a learning difficulty, the pleasures of reading and writing are often replaced by fear, frustration, and embarrassment. Help foster a relaxed and playful approach to learning for your whole family with the step-by-step multisensory reading and writing games found in Wordplay."
- In addition to the games and activities, this book provides variations and additional tips to help your child improve their reading and writing skills.