Appendix 7: Useful Resources for parents

AUSTRALIAN WEBSITES:

• AUSPELD www.auspeld.org.au
• The Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation (DSF) www.dsf.net.au
• SPELD Queensland Inc www.speld.org.au
• SPELD NSW www.speldnsw.org.au
• SPELD SA www.speld-sa.org.au
• SPELD VICTORIA Inc www.speldvic.org.au
• DSF’s Resources for Families webpage www.dsf.net.au/resources/home-resources
• Raising Children Network www.raisingchildren.net.au
• Learning Difficulties Australia (LDA) www.ldaustralia.org
• Be You www.beyou.edu.au
• Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) www.cyda.org.au
• Macquarie University Special Education Centre www.figshare.com/articles/MUSEC_Briefings_Archive/5096455
• Five From Five www.fivefromfive.org.au

INTERNATIONAL WEBSITES:

• International Dyslexia Association www.dyslexiaida.org
• National Centre for Learning Disabilities www.ncld.org
• Understood www.understood.org/en
• Reading Rockets www.readingrockets.org

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY WEBSITES:

• Spectronics www.spectronics.com.au
• Indigo – www.indigosolutions.org.au
• Scanning Pens www.scanningpens.com.au

RECOMMENDED READING

• Raising Kids Who Read: What parents and teachers can do by Daniel Willingham (2015), Wiley.
• Basic Facts about Dyslexia & Other Reading Problems by Louisa Cook Moats and Karen E. Dakin (2007), IDA.
• Making Sense of Interventions for Children with Developmental Disorders: A Guide for Parents and Professionals by Caroline Bowen and Pamela Snow (2017), J & R Press.
• Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz (2005), Vintage.
• Proust and the Squid by Maryanne Wolf (2008), Harper.
• Language at the Speed of Sight by Mark Seidenberg (2008), Little Brown.
• When your Child has Dyslexia by Abigail Marshall (2009), Adams.
• From ABC to ADHD: What Parents Should Know about Dyslexia and Attention Problems by Eric Q. Tridaz (2007), IDA.
• Taking the Hell out of Homework by Neil MacKay (2011), SEN Marketing.
• Teaching Kids to Read: Basic Skills for Parents and Teachers by Fay Tran (2010), Wilkins Farago