Laurie Leifer, Ed. M., LDT/C, M.F.A. 

Remediation and Comprehensive Educational Evaluations of Learning Ability

Resources for Parents

Books & Articles

• The Out Of Sync Child, Carol Stock Kranowitz
• Thinking in Pictures, 
• The Dyslexic Advantage (Brock & Fernette Eide, Plume Books)
• Overcoming Dyslexia Sally Shaywitz
• New Jersey Special Education Advocacy Guide (PDF)
• Advocating for your LD Child
• Orton Gillingham
   

Organizations

• Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
• Decoding Dyslexia - NJ
• International Dyslexia Association
• Parent Advocacy Council for Education
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
• LD Online
• New Jersey Education Law Center
• Understanding Special Education

Software and Tools

• Read Naturally (reading fluency)
• Ace Reader (reading fluency)
• Great Leaps (reading fluency)
• Oxton House (reading automaticity and other tools)
• Noodle Tools (For written expression and organization)
• Spelling City (spelling and vocabulary)
• Quizlet.com (study skills and support)

ITALY OR HOLLAND

Emily Perl Kingsley, a writer for Sesame Street who has a special needs child, tells a story about a vacation planned for Italy. But instead of Italy the plane lands in Holland.
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Holland?!? What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy.“
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Everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned.
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In the end, however, Emily realizes that the "trip" was well worth it:
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But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things ... about Holland.