{"id":1898,"date":"2009-12-23T12:58:38","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T16:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=1898"},"modified":"2009-12-23T12:58:38","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T16:58:38","slug":"youve-got-to-read-this-great-books-from-great-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/youve-got-to-read-this-great-books-from-great-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;ve Got to Read This: Great Books from &#8220;Great Schools&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"You%27ve%20Got%20to%20Read%20This%3A%20Great%20Books%20from%20%22Great%20Schools%22\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Check out the bedside table of a parent of a child with a disability and chances are you&#8217;ll see it stacked high with books about that child&#8217;s issue. Great Schools asked some amateur experts (parent advocates and people with disabilities) for their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatschools.net\/LD\/slideshows\/great-books-on-dyslexia.gs?content=1819&amp;page=3#slide\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">favorite reads<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Darla Hatton, the mother of a child with dyslexia and founder of <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dyslexiafacts.net<\/span>, recommends books that carried her through the hard years.\u00a0 See her &#8220;Parent Picks&#8221;&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The six books Darla recommends cover a gamut of topics, from advice on navigating the public school system to tips for coping and becoming an effective advocate for your kid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/feta2\/feta2.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px;float:left\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/feta2.100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a>Darla says, <em>&#8220;Realizing that your child has an LD (or any disability) can set parents off on a roller coaster of emotions. This fabulous book <\/em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/feta2\/feta2.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy: The Special Education Survival Guide<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0 by Pam Wright and Pete Wright] <em>helped us distinguish facts from emotions in order to properly document the facts and best advocate for our daughter.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Darla, the mother of a child with dyslexia, is a presenter on reading and assistive technologies and a certified reading specialist. After misinformation delayed her daughter in receiving proper early interventions, she\u2019s made it her mission to shorten the learning curve for other parents. Check out her video, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mHGo-64dXJc\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">I Am Dyslexia<\/span><\/a> and she maintains a web site, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dyslexiafacts.net\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Dyslexia Facts<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Find out the 6 books Darla recommends at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatschools.net\/LD\/slideshows\/great-books-on-dyslexia.gs?content=1819&amp;page=3#slide\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Parent Picks<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find more &#8220;must-reads&#8221; in the Wrightslaw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bkstore\/bks_index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Advocate&#8217;s Bookstore<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatschools.net\/LD.topic?content=1541\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;Learning Disabilities and Difficulties&#8221; at Great Schools<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the bedside table of a parent of a child with a disability and chances are you&#8217;ll see it stacked high with books about that child&#8217;s issue. 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