Below is our list of recomended books. We have grouped the books into categories so that you can find a book more easily.

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ADD/ADHD

Allergy

Asperger's Syndrome

Autism/PDD

Diet

Dyslexia

Title Computers and Dyslexia Author Chris Singleton Year Published 1994 ISBN Back Cover “Dyslexia is a hidden handicap which can cause great frustration. Computer use is a powerful way of helping dyslexic learners of all ages to fulfil their potential through success and improved self-esteem. [This book] provides an overview of the best in current technology and educational practice, and previews the most promising new developments in computer applications for dyslexia and special needs.” Our Review When someone from iANSYST came to teach my son about his new computer, my dyslexic daughter watched with ever wider eyes – access to Dyslexia specific computer software and hardware has given her new belief in herself and new hope for her educational future. There may be more up to date books than this but it is a good basic on computing for dyslexic students.

Title Dyslexia and Stress Author T R Miles and Ved Varma Year Published 1997 ISBN 1-897635-22-2 Back Cover "Most of us experience stress at some time in our lives, but experience suggests that dyslexics are particularly vulnerable to it. This is the first book to present documented evidence on this subject. The book comprises a series of essays on stress in dyslexics at different ages and in a variety of circumstances." Our Review Being Dyslexic in a literate world is extremely stressful like being blind in a sighted world or deaf in a hearing world. Clinical Psychologist Dr Gerald Hales' chapter is well worth a read and he is well worth listening to if you get the chance – he is a thought provoking and entertaining speaker. Jan LB. ©

Title Dyslexia Handbook, The Author Mike Johnson and Lindsay Peer Year Published 2003 ISBN 1-872653-33-2 Back Cover “A compendium of articles, checklists, resources and contacts for dyslexic people, their families and teachers. The Dyslexia Handbook is substantially updated and revised each year.” Our Review An annual collection of vital information for parents of dyslexic kids. Jan LB. ©

Title Overcoming Dyslexia Author Dr Bevé Hornsby Year Published 1997 ISBN 0-09-181320-4 Back Cover "Dr Bevé Hornsby combines her experience as a psychologist, teacher and speech therapist to specialise in helping children with dyslexia. She has written this excellent book for them, their families and schools in order that the problems of dyslexia can be understood and tackled effectively." Our Review This is widely regarded as the best standard text to provide help and hope for dyslexic kids. Jan LB. ©

General Medical

Learning Disabilities

Title Gifted & Talented Children with Special Educational Needs Author Diane Montgomery Year Published 2003 ISBN 1-85346-954-8 Back Cover "Gifted pupils who also have special needs often receive provision for the special need whilst the giftedness is overlooked. This practical text based on international research and practice enables the reader to identify highly able pupils with special needs such as ADHD, dyspraxia, dyslexia and Down's Syndrome; and then make provision for them within the mainstream school." Our Review Both of my children have IQs in the gifted range and both have learning difficulties. I know from bitter experience just how totally kids like this are misunderstood by the education system. This book is new in 2003. I wish I’d had it years ago. Extremely useful if you have doubly exceptional children. Jan LB. ©

Title Hearing Equals Behaviour Author Guy Bérard Year Published 1993 ISBN 0-87983-600-8 Back Cover “Millions of TV viewers and tens of thousands of readers thrilled to the dramatic story of Georgiana Stehli’s escape from the lifelong prison of autism, as recounted on television’s ‘20/20’ and in her mother’s book ‘The Sound of a Miracle’. Now the doctor who cured Georgiana explains his therapeutic approach and the scientific breakthrough behind it, and shows how it has profoundly helped thousands suffering from a variety of problems such as hyperactivity, dyslexia and depression.” Our Review We live in a very hearing world which can be frightening for children whose hearing is impaired permanently or more often temporarily through glue ear and similar difficulties. Hearing undoubtedly affects behaviour. Jan LB. ©

Title Mind Map Book, The Author Tony & Barry Buzan Year Published 2001 ISBN 0-563-53732-9 Back Cover "Have you ever wanted to improve your memory, creativity, concentration, communicative ability, thinking skills, learning skills, study skills, general intelligence and quickness of mind? [This book] introduces you to a single thinking tool [...] which allows you to accomplish all these goals with one thinking apparatus." Our Review Frequently recommended to help kids with the executive function difficulties associated with ADD/ADHD, Autism/Asperger’s, ME/CFS, and Dyslexia/Dyspraxia etc. New related computer software is available from iANSYST – see links. Jan LB. ©

ME/CFS

Title Better Recovery from Viral Illnesses Author Dr. Darrel Ho-Yen Year Published 1994 ISBN 0-951-1090-3-0 Back Cover "The first edition of this book [...] was the FIRST book published on Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome (myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue syndrome). [...] Unlike other books, the emphasis in this book is what the patient and doctor should do to best cope with the illness." Our Review Comes highly recommended by the Tymes Trust and by Martin Earl who is one of my longest standing friends and the first person I ever knew with CFS/ME. Jan LB. ©

Title ME - The New Plague Author Jane Colby Year Published 1999 ISBN 1-8608-3215-6 Back Cover "[This book] finally kills the myth that ME is 'all in the mind'. It explores the hidden links between ME and polio, and shows how we are failing our children as we did in the polio years." Our Review This should be placed on the desk of every headteacher who has any doubt that a pupil might be only pretending to be ill. Highly recommended. Don’t forget to look at the Tymes Trust website – see links. Jan LB. ©

Title Somebody help ME Author Jill I Moss Year Published 1995 ISBN 0-9525783-0-1 Back Cover "[This book] is written primarily for young people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and their families, but it is equally readable by sufferers and friends of all ages who need a straightforward approach to understanding this illness." Our Review The diagrams of brain receptors as boats are useful to parents and kids with other executive function difficulties such as ADD/ADHD and Dyslexia/Dyspraxia as well as CFS/ME. They really have helped my kids understand what has been difficult for them. Some of Jill Moss writings about the Cytokine kid may well prove to have been insight ahead of its time into the matrix of Autistic Spectrum and Fatigue illnesses with an underlying immunological cause. Jan LB. ©

Title Zoe's Win Author Jane Colby Year Published 1999 ISBN 0-9537330-0-9 Back Cover "ME is the biggest cause of long-term sickness absence from school. [...] Through the medium of storytelling, Zoe's Win demonstrates the nature of the illness itself, and shows young people how it is possible to adapt and win through." Our Review Gives vital information, hope, courage and understanding to children and teenagers afflicted by CFS/ME. Jan LB. ©

Other

Title Child Care and the Growth of Love Author John Bowlby Year Published 1990 ISBN 0140134581 Back Cover “In 1951, under the auspices of the World Health Organization, Dr John Bowlby wrote a report on Maternal Care and Mental Health which collated expert world opinion on the subject and the issues arising from it – the prevention of juvenile and adult delinquency, the problem of the ‘unwanted child’, the training of women for motherhood, and the best ways of supplying the needs of children deprived of their natural mothers. This book is a summary of Dr Bowlby’s report, freed from many of its technicalities and prepared for the general reader.” Our Review Readers of this website are unlikely to “like” this book but it is a good idea to read it, as it was a standard text for many of today’s senior teachers and LEA personnel when they trained. The statistical sample was small and unrepresentative and yet this has been the foundation of much of the thinking that children’s problems are caused by family dysfunction rather than genuine neuro/biological difficulty. Jan LB. ©

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