A growing library of resources and recommendations!
For Parents
Word Reading, Phonics + Letter Formation
Comprehension
For Parents
How to talk to your kids about a diagnosis
It’s important to begin talking to your child in an age-appropriate way about how their brains work so that they can be more effective learners and self-advocates. Dr Liz Angoff (Lafayette, CA) has some great resources for talking to your kids (and other family members!) about their ADHD, Dyslexia, etc. diagnosis.
Parenting
The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Tina Bayne Bryson , Ph.D.
My favorite parenting book ever. A super approachable way to begin supporting healthy brain development and emotional regulation in your kids. There are even short comics to share with them!
My 10+-year old coffee-stained and dog-eared copy —>
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.
The Whole-Brain Child but for teens and their parents: “An Inside-Out Guide to the Emerging Adolescent Mind, Ages 12-24.” Dr Siegel offers important insights into the wonder and challenge that is adolescence in an approachable format and practical advice that you can instantly implement. His framework for moving toward a stance of interdependence between parent and adolescent is key to empowering our adults-in-the-making to become responsible, capable, and compassionate people.
I read this with a class of high school seniors and it was such a powerful text to share —>
Word Reading, Phonics + Letter Formation
Letter formation practice sheets
Magic C (lower case a, c, d, g, o, q) - based on Handwriting without Tears
Comprehension
Give kids these bookmarks to remind them of all the tools available to them when their comprehension “clunks”
Helpful video about DLD, what it is, how it shows us, why it’s underdiagnosed, and what to do about it