Educational Books and Online Resources

Book Recommendations

Special Education

• Thinking Differently: An Inspiring Guide for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities by David Flink

• Better IEPs: How to Develop Legally Correct and Educationally Useful Programs by Barbara D. Bateman & Mary Anne Linden

• Learning Outside The Lines by Jonathan Mooney & David Cole

• 50 Ways to Support Your Child's Special Education by Terri Mauro

• Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 3rd Edition by Peter W. D. Wright, Esq. and Pamela Darr Wright

• Wrightslaw: All About IEPs by Peter W. D. Wright, Esq., Pamela Darr Wright, MA MSW, and Sandra Webb O'Connor, M.Ed.

Dyslexia

• Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz M.D.

• The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald David

• The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain by Brock L Eide

• The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan: A Blueprint for Renewing Your Child's Confidence and Love of Learning by Ben Foss

Books for the Family

• Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

• Rules by Cynthia Lord

• I’m Special, I’m Me by Ann Meek; Sarah Massini

• Thank you, Mr. Faulkner by Patricia Polacco

• The Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco

• The Alphabet War by Diane Burton Robb

• A Perfect Mistake by Melanie Conklin

• Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

Online Websites and Resources

• TEA - Special Education A-Z

• SPEDTX- Special Education Information Center

• International Dyslexia Association

• Wrightslaw

• Council for Exceptional Children

• Texas Parent to Parent

• Partners Resource Network