Learning Disabilities Mini Lecture Library Resources for Tweens

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LEARNING DISABILITIES

• Library Resources
• for
• Tweens
• Created By Vivian Strabala, SLIS, SJSU
• LIBR 264 Assignment 4 - July 29, 2011

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INTRODUCTION

• TWEENS AND LEARNING DISABILITIES DISORDERS
• ADD, ADHD, Autism, Anxiety,
• Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia,
• Nonverbal Learning Disability,
• Auditory or Visual Processing Disorder, etc.
• HOW CAN LIBRARIANS HELP?
• - (E.K.G.) Empathy, Knowledge Great Service
• - Successful Reference Interview Successful
  Readers Advisory

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RESOURCES FOR ALL
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TWEENS

• 914 Years Old . . .
• UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• MIDDLE/JR. HIGH SCHOOL
• HIGH SCHOOL

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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MIDDLE SCHOOL
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HIGH SCHOOL
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Resources for Tweens

• Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, Gantos, Jack,
  Harper Collins (2000)
• Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, Scholastic
  (2005)
• 95 Pounds of Hope by Anna Gavalda, Viking (2003)
• A Brand-New Me!, by Henry Winkler, Grosset
  Dunlap (2010)
• Reach for the Moon Stories and Poems by Samantha
  Abeel, Pfeifer-Hamilton, (1994)
• Thank you, Mr. Falker, Polacco, Patricia.
  Philomel Books, (1998)
• Sparks, McNamee, Graham. Dell Yearling, (2003)
• That's Like Me! Stories About Amazing People with
  Learning Differences, Lauren, Jill, Star Bright,
  (2009)

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Resources for Adults

• The Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities Facts
  on File 2 edition (2006)
• Misunderstood Minds DVD searching for success
  in school, WGBH Educational Foundation WGBH
  Boston Video, 2004
• A Special Education One Family's Journey
  through the Maze of Learning Disabilities,
  Buchman, Dana, Da Capo Press Lifelong Books,
  (2006)
• Different Learners Identifying, Preventing, and
  Treating Your Child's Learning Problem, Healy,
  Jane M. Simon Schuster, (2010)
• Special Education Resources on the Internet,
  http//seriweb.com
• Heloguide.org, http//www.helpguide.org/mental/lea
  rning_disabilities.htm
• The Schneider Family Book Award,
  http//www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/awardsrecords/
  schneideraward/schneiderfamily.cfm