www.mheducation.com McGraw-Hill Education's website. They are long-time publishers of time-honored curriculum. Their website also includes helpful articles.
www.pearsonschool.com Prentice Hall Education's website. They are the nation's leading educational publisher. The website includes curriculum from preschool through high school. Also includes AP course curriculum.
www.theliteracynest.com My favorite website for articles and OG curriculum created by an OG practitioner.
www.education.com Tons of resources and online games for elementary school. Can search by grade and subject.
www.nessy.com Provides dyslexia testing as well as other helpful information for dyslexic students. www.kids.usa.gov Includes interactive games and videos about all subjects. I could spend hours on this site!
www.sheppardsoftware.com Another interactive games website for learning all subjects. Especially helpful for learning geography.
www.wrightslaw.com Wonderful website created by attorney, Pete Wright, who's also dyslexic. This site has a lot of information regarding the law for children with learning disabilities and special needs. It also contains helpful links and videos.
My Favorite Books for learning more about dyslexia and other learning issues:
Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems by Sally Shaywitz, M.D. Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How we Read by Stanislas Dehaene Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf The Gillingham Manual: Remedial Training for Children with Specific Disability in Reading, Spelling, and Penmanship 7 Keys to Comprehension: How to Help Your Kids Read It and Get It! by Susan Zimmermann and Chryse Hutchins The Fluent Reader: Oral and Silent Reading Strategies for Building Fluency, Word Recognition, and Comprehension by Timothy Rasinski Bright Kids Who Can't Keep Up by Ellen Braaten, PhD, and Brian Willoughby, PhD Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach their Potential by Richard Guare, PhD, Peg Dawson EdD, and Colin Guare
Schools using the Orton-Gillingham Approach in metro Atlanta:
Psychological Testing Services Parkaire Consultants, Inc. 4939 Lower Roswell Rd. Building C, Suite 201 Marietta, GA 30068 770-578-1519 www.parkaireconsultants.com