Emotional Regulation​

• Self-Compassion

• Calm

• Guided Meditation

• Grounded Meditation

• Spoon Theory

Calendar​

• Tiimo 

• Sunsama - daily planner

• Owaves - holistic calendar

• Google Calendar

• Google Keep

• To Do List

• Task Manager - Sloth

• Cozi-Family Organizer

• Backward planning

Notes

• Quizlet 

• Crash Course Study Skills

• Cornell Notes with Sketches

• Noteability

• Mind Mapping

• Snap&Read

• Glean

Time Management 

• Tomato Timer

• Time Timer

• Cube Timer

• Focus Timer

• Pomodoro

• Brick

• Ace Your Time (Chrome)

• Unlock

IEP, IEE and 504

• Psychological vs. Psycho-educational vs. Neuropsychological Evaluations

• IEP/504

• IDEA Law

• 504 accommodations 

•  Parent Training & Information Centers (PTI): parentcenterhub.org

•  Wrightslaw (special ed law & advocacy): wrightslaw.com

• Office of Special Education Programs: FAPE

•  Understood.org — for learning & thinking differences

•   Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates

Dysgraphia

• SnapType for worksheets

• Co - writer

• Grammarly

• Ginger

• WordBank TM

• Speech to Text

• Visual Dictionary, Thesaurus 

• Dictation Mac

• Otter - Speech to text

• Read&Write

• https://www.ldonline.org/ld-topics/writing-spelling/what-dysgraphia

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBDslz33tww&t=4s

• Kami (chrome books)

• OrbitNote

• WhisperAI

• KiwiWrite

Dyslexia

• SMARTPEN / C- Pen

• Learning Ally 

• Audible

• Ebooks.com

• Kami (chrome books)

• https://dyslexiaida.org/

• http://dyslexia.yale.edu/

• https://www.readingrockets.org/

Books:

Shaywitz, Sally. Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level. 2nd ed., Vintage, 2020.

Sandman-Hurley, Kelli. Dyslexia Advocate!: How to Advocate for a Child With Dyslexia Within the Public Education System. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016.

Sandman-Hurley, Kelli. Dyslexia and Spelling: Making Sense of It All. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019. 
Sandman-Hurley, Kelli. The Adult Side of Dyslexia. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2021.

Wolf, Maryanne. Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World. Harper, 2018.

Moats, Louisa Cook. Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers. 3rd ed., Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 2020. 
Moats, Louisa Cook. Basic Facts about Dyslexia & Other Reading Problems. International Dyslexia Association, 2008.

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Autism

• Masking 

• Masking Assessment  

• Autisms

• American Autism & Rehabilitation Foundation

• Sensory Overload

Books:

Unmasking Autism by Devon Price

Is This Autism? by Donna Henderson

Grandin, Temple, and Richard Panek. The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum. 

Neff, Megan Anna. Self-Care for Autistic People: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Unmask!

Attwood, Tony. The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder)

Kranowitz, Carol Stock. The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Differences. 3rd ed.

Silberman, Steve. NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity. 

 

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Dyscalculia/ Math/Chem

• https://www.dyscalculia.org/

• https://childmind.org/article/how-to-spot-dyscalculia/

• ​Wiris Math and Science

• Geometry & Algebra

• The Organic Chemistry Tutor

• https://math-gpt.ai/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvc51cz1uDo​

• https://www.kiwiwrite.com/

Books

Jackson, Laura. Discovering Dyscalculia: One Family's Journey with a Math Disability. Edited by Ann Grahl, Kindle ed., [Publisher], [Year].
Butterworth, Brian. Dyscalculia: From Science to Education. Routledge, 2019.
Emerson, Jane, and Patricia Babtie. The Dyscalculia Assessment. 2nd ed., Bloomsbury Education, 2014.
Emerson, Jane, and Patricia Babtie. The Dyscalculia Solution: Teaching Number Sense. Bloomsbury Education, 2014.
Hornigold, Judy. Dyscalculia Pocketbook. Teachers' Pocketbooks, 2015.
Chinn, Steve. The Trouble with Maths: A Practical Guide to Helping Learners with Numeracy Difficulties. 3rd ed., Routledge, 2017.
Chinn, Steve, and J. R. Ashcroft. Mathematics for Dyslexics and Dyscalculics: A Teaching Handbook. 4th ed., Wiley-Blackwell, 2017.
Bird, Ronit. The Dyscalculia Toolkit: Supporting Learning Difficulties in Maths. 3rd ed., SAGE Publications, 2017.

Parents Support

• Parents Helping Parents

• College Support

• The Teen's Brain

• The Reading League 

• The Connected Family Community

ADHD & Executive Functions

• Additude Magazine

• CHADD

• Understood

• Russell Barkley

• How to ADHD

• Online ADHD Evaluation Adults- Mentavi Health.

Books

The Explosive Child,  by Ross W. Greene PhD

Smart but Scattered, by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare 

Taking Charge of ADHD,  Dr. Barkley 

Allow Me to Interrupt: A Psychologist Reveals the Emotional Truth Behind Women’s ADHD by Gilly Kahn​

KC Davis. How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing. Simon Element, 2022.

Holderness, Penn, and Kim Holderness. ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD. Rodale Books, 2024.

Rosier, Tamara. Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD. Revell, 2021.

​Hallowell, Edward M., and John J. Ratey. ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction — from Childhood Through Adulthood. Ballantine Books, 2021.

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Podcasts

• ADHD ESSENTIALS

• VOICES OF COMPASSION

• TAKING CONTROL THE ADHD PODCAST

• LEARN SMARTER

• TILT PARENTING

• TOGETHER IN LITERACY

• SCIENCE OF READING 

• TALK LD

• SQUAREPEG PODCAST 

• EMPOWERING EXCEPTIONAL MINDS​

Books​

• How to Navigate Middle School: Kid Confident Book 4, by Anna Pozzatti and Bonnie Massimino 

• Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
  by Daniel J. Siegel

Employment 

• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

• Disability Inclusion

• Neurodiversity in the workplace

• Neurodiversity job seekers 

Twice Exceptional - Gifted

• REEL2E

• https://brightandquirky.com/

• https://www.understood.org/en/articles/gifted-childrens-challenges-with-learning-and-thinking-differences

• https://sengifted.org/the-superpower-of-self-advocacy/

• http://nagc.org/about-us

• Raising Twice-Exceptional Children A Handbook for Parents of Neurodivergent Gifted Kids
  By Emily Kircher-Morris

• Gifted and Distractible
  Understanding, Supporting, and Advocating for Your Twice Exceptional Child By
  Julie F. Skolnick

• ​Bright Kids Who Can't Keep Up: Help Your Child Overcome Slow Processing Speed and Succeed in a Fast-Paced World
  by Ellen Braaten & Brian Willoughby 

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)

• Advocacy and Accommodations

• Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Misconceptions

• PDA Society 

• PDA North America

• Duncan, Margaret, et al. Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome in Children: A Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Other Professionals. Unabridged ed.

• Knight, Ethan. The PDA Effect: An Autistic Teenager’s Guide to Understanding Demand Avoidance. Paperback ed., 14 May 2025.

• PDA Parents Podcast

Sleep and Nutrition 

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• Sleep 

• Fiber for Kids

• Arfid

• ARFID Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder by Rachel Bryant-Waugh

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Mental Health Teens and Kids

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Books

• Huebner, Dawn. What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety. Magination Press, 2006.

• Jones, Lloyd. The Princess and the Fog: A Story for Children About Depression. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2014.

• Karst, Patrice. The Invisible String. DeVorss Publications, 2000.

• Brian, Rachel. Taming Anxiety: Feel Strong, Find Calm, and Tame Your Anxiety! Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2021.

• Tompkins, Michael A., and Katherine A. Martinez. My Anxious Mind: A Teen's Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic. Magination Press, 2009.

• Willard, Christopher. Mindfulness for Teen Anxiety: A Workbook for Overcoming Anxiety at Home, at School, and Everywhere Else. Instant Help Books, 2014.
   

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