Educational Resources
A Selected Bibliography of Recommended Books for Parents
- A Mind at a Time by Mel Levine (different learning styles)
- Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner
- Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz
- Parenting a Struggling Reader by Susan Hall & Louisa Moats
- The Everything Parent’s Guide to Children with Dyslexia by Abigail Marshall
- Mosaic of Thought by Ellin Keene (reading comprehension strategies)
- Reading Without Nonsense by Frank Smith (reading instruction)
- Why Johnny Can’t Concentrate by Robert Moss, M.D. (ADD/ADHD)
- Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with ADD by Edward Hallowell
- Positive Discipline for Teenagers by Jane Nelson
- Your Child’s Self Esteem by Dorothy Briggs
- The Child with Special Needs by Stanley Greenspan, MD
- The Organized Student by Donna Goldberg
- Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parent's Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning by Joyce Cooper Kahn and Laurie Dietzel
- When the Brain Can't Hear: Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder by Teri James Bellis
Education Acronyms & Glossary of Terms
ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
APA - Alternate Proficiency Assessments
BIP – Behavior Intervention Plan
CCCS - Core Curriculum Content Standards
CSPD - Comprehensive System of Personnel Development
CST - Child Study Team
DDD - Division of Developmental Disabilities
DEC - Division of Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children
ESY - Extended School Year
FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education
FBA – Functional Behavior Assessment
FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
HSPA - High School Proficiency Assessment
IAES – Interim Alternative Educational Setting
IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IFSP - Individual Family Service Plan
LD - Learning Disability
LEA - Local Education Agency
LEP - Limited English Proficient
LRE - Least Restrictive Environment
MD – Manifestation Determination
NICHCY/NICCHY - National Information Center for Children and Youth with Handicaps
N.J.A.C. - New Jersey Administrative Code
NJDOE - New Jersey Department of Education
N.J.S.A. - New Jersey Statutes Annotated OSEP - Office of Special Education Programs
OT - Occupational Therapy
P&A - Protection and Advocacy
PT - Physical Therapy
SAT - Standardized Achievement Test
SE - Supported Employment
SEA - State Education Agency
SPED, SPECED - Special Education
STC - School-to-Career
STW - School-to-Work
UAP - University Affiliated Program
USDOE - United States Department of Education
Education Links
- Regional Professional Development Academy
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Learning Disabilities Association
- LD Online
- Reading
- Dyslexia
- International Dyslexia Association
- Learning Ally
- Center for Parent Information & Resources
- Association for Higher Ed Access and Disability
- The Center for the Study of Learning at Georgetown
- Council for Exceptional Children
- American Speech Language Hearing Association
- American Foundation for the Blind
- Children and Adults with AD/HD
- AD/HD
- Cerebral Palsy Association
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- National Association for Down Syndrome
- Epilepsy Foundation
- Autism Speaks
- Parents of Autistic Children
- Apps
- Department of Ed
- Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
- Child Find
- ARC of Monmouth County
- Challenged Youth Sports