Learning Disabilities Resources

Accommodations & Techniques

• Developing Powerful Study Skills Lead to Success in College (article)
• Enhancing the Note-taking Skills of Students with Mild Disabilities (article)
• LDOnline Accommodations
• The Nature and Effectiveness of Learning Disability Services for College Students (article)
• Step Up to the Study Challenge (article)
• Support Services for Students with Disabilities (article)
• Taking the Reins (article)
• Time Management: Getting It Done (article)
• U.S. Dept. of Education information about Accommodations

Understand Learning Disabilities

• Adult AD/HD (book) - RC394.A85 N678 2003
• Adventures in Fast Forward: Life, Love, and Work for the ADD Adult (book)- RC394.A85 N33 1996
• Articles from Time Magazine
• Attention Deficit Disorder in College Students: Facts, Fallacies and Treatment (article)
• Attention Research Update
• Dyslexia: a Different Kind of Mind (video) - DVD LC4708.D96 2003
• Learning Disabilities Information for Teens (book) - RJ496.L4 L434
• Learning Disability Basics (www.ldonline.org)
• Success at Last!: Helping Students with AD(H)D Achieve Their Potential (book) - LC4713.4.S83 1994
• Understanding Learning Disabilities (video) - DVD LC4705.U53 2004

Local Resources

• Access Technologies, Inc.
• CHADD (Children & Adults with AD/HD) - National or Local
• Disability.gov: disability-related info and resources
• Help Eliminate Learning Problems, Inc.
• Learning Disabilities Association of Oregon

Sources of Audio Books

• Audible
• AudioBooksForFree.com
• Books Can Talk
• Multnomah County Library: Library2Go
• Multnomah County Library Catalog
• Oregon State Library Talking Book and Braille Services
• Unabridged: Digital Audio Books for the Print-disabled

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