LDAO - London Region

Resource Centre

Our Resource Centre is open to the public and contains a variety of books, videos and resources related to LD and AD/HD in children, youth, and adults. These items may be borrowed during our office hours.

(NEW) A yearly borrowing fee: $10.00. A lending card with an expiry will be issued to you.

Here is a complete listing of our resource centre books. For a listing of the videos & DVDs please see the attachment at the bottom of this page.

Books on Learning Disabilities 

A Mind of Its Own, Tourette's Syndrome: A Story and a Guide

Advocacy Training: Our Children are Worth It!

Training Manual for Advocates

Behavior Disorders of Children and Adolescents

Benchmarking - A Guide to Hiring and Managing Persons with Learning Disabilities  

Best wishes Doc - A Dynamic Approach to Learning Disabilities

Better Understanding Learning Disabilities

Consciousness and Cognition: An International Journal

Conscious Competence - A Skills Training Program for Mentoring Persons with Learning Disabilities

Consolidated Ontario Education Statutes and Regulations 2004

Dual Diagnosis: An Introduction to the mental health needs of persons with developmental disabilities

Dyslexia & Other Learning Difficulties - The Facts

Learning Disabilities Best Practice and Innovations

Looking into Autism - Eye Movements and Gaze Behavior of Autistic Children

Mind and Brain

Research in Learning Disabilities: Issues and Future Directions

Re-Thinking AD/HD

Scattered Minds - A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

The Source for Visual-Spatial Disorders Understanding Exceptional Children & Youth

Books for Children and Youth 

A Survival Manual - Case Studies & Suggestions for the Learning Disabled Teenager

Fighting Invisible Tigers - A Stress Management Guide for Teens

Learning Disabilities - What to do after Diagnosis - A Survival Guide

Learning for Success: Skills Strategies for Canadian Students

The Power of Focus

The Don't Give up Kid

Trouble with School

Zipper the Kid with ADHD

The Worst Speller in Jr. High

Reading for Meaning

The Reading Idea Book

The Reading Solution

The Upside Down Kidz

Recipe for Reading

Speak for Yourself: Interviews with Students with Disabilities

The Survival Guide for Kids with LD

Survival Guide for Teenagers with LD

Things that Go Bump in the Night

Together For Success: A Road Map for Post-Secondary Students with Learning Disabilities

Where Can I Learn Today?

My Brain Needs Glasses Living with Hyperactivity

Me and Einstein Breaking through the Reading barrier

Why Can't I Pay Attention?

Secrets for Success: Profiles of University Graduates with Learning Disabilities

Building Homework Skills

Expressing Ideas in Speech & Writing

Yes You Can!

Otto Learns about his Medicine: A story about medication for children with ADHD

Jumpin Johnny Get Back to Work

My Brother's A World Class Pain: A Sibling Guide to AD/HD

Don't Rant & Rave on Wednesdays

Books for Families and Teachers 

101 Things To Do To Develop Your Child's Gifts & Talents (For Children ages 6-9)

A Family Affair - Preparing Parents and Students with Learning Disabilities

Advocating for Your Child with Learning Disabilities Assessment in Special Education

Best Practice and Innovations

Bringing Literacy within Reach

Classroom Reading Inventory

Diamonds in the Rough: An Infancy to College reference guide on the learning disabled child

Every Child a Reader - Making Whole Language Work

Exceptional Solutions - Computers and Students with Special Needs

Family Violence - A Canadian Introduction

Fifty Effective Techniques to Develop Reading Skills

Finding Focus with ADHD - A Video Scrapbook of Real Stories, From Real People

A Guide to Understanding Learning & Behaviour Problems in Children

Handbook for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities

Handbook of Special Education Helping Your Child with Schoolwork

Handbook for Teachers of Students with LD

Helping Your Hyperactive Child

How to Help Your Child with Homework

The Hyperactive Child Book

Instructional Methods for Students with Learning and Behavior Problems

Introducing Learning Disabilities to postsecondary educators

Introduction to Special Education

Keeping Babies and Children Healthy - A parents' practical handbook to common ailments

Kids, Computers & You

Language Assessment and Intervention for the Learning Disabled

Making the Most of the Law: Education and the Child with disabilities

Managing Attention Disorders in Children: A Guide for Practitioners

Mothers Talk About Learning Disabilities

No Easy Answers: The Learning Disabled Child

Overcoming Dyslexia

Overcoming Dyslexia - A straightforward guide for families and teachers

Parenting a Child with AD/HD Disorder

Parenting the Learning Disabled Child - Parents' Manual

Preserving Special Education for those who need it

Reading by the Colors - overcoming dyslexia and other reading disabilities through the Irlen Method

Ritalin Free Kids

Still Putting the Pieces Together

Students with Learning Disabilities

Success and Failure in Learning to Read

Survival Strategies for Parenting Your ADD Child

Surviving Your Adolescents - How to Manage and Let go of your 13 to 18 year olds

Taking Charge of ADHD - The Complete Authoritative guide for Parents

Target Literacy: A Learning Disability Resource Guide

Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning

Universal Design for Learning: A Guide for Teachers and Education Professionals

Winners of Losers - a handbook for recreational providers of cooperative activities for everyone

Your Hyperactive Child: A Parent’s Guide to Coping with ADD

Shared Solutions: Guide to Preventing & Resolving Conflicts Regarding Programs & Services for Students with Special Education Needs

The: Perceptual-Motor Transitions to Reading Program

Children's Developmental Progress

Connecting Without Criticizing

Effective Beginnings: A Guide to New Partnerships in Schools Encouraging the Discouraged Child

No More Sibling Rivalry

Parents Can Motivate Children

Parents Can Read With Children

Parents Can Talk & Listen to Children

Parents in Partnership

Preparing for the I.E.P. Meeting: A Workshop for Parents

Teacher's Guide: AD/HD in Children

The Gift of ADHD: How to Transform your Child's Problems into Strengths

 Power to Achieve: Families Strategies to Support the Child with LD/ADHD

Books for Adults 

Canadian Woman Studies: Women & Literacy

The Careers Catalogue

Dare to Dream: The Story of the Famous People Players

Design for Success: An Employer's Guide to Learning Disabilities

Handbook for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities

Invisible No Longer - A self-advocacy workbook

Invisible No Longer- Directory of Assistance

Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?

Job Interview tips for People with Learning Disabilities

Learning a Living: A Guide to Planning Your Career & Finding a Job for People with Learning Disabilities…

Learning Strategies for Adults

Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD

Understanding Women with AD/HD

Secrets for Success: Profiles of University Graduates with Learning Disabilities 

Finding Your Focus: Practical Strategies for the Everyday Challenges Facing Adults with ADD

ADHD & Me: What I Learned from Lighting Fires at the Dinner Table

Making ADD Work: On-the-Job Strategies for Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder

Journeys though ADDulthood

The Citi Commonsense Money Guide for Real People

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