Helpful Resources

Adults with LD. Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario. www.ldao.on.ca

Beck. K. N., & Hatt, P. (1998). Literacy Preparation Project for Adults with Developmental Disabilities: Training Manual. Toronto: Toronto District School Board

Destination Literacy. Learning Disabilities Association of Canada, 1999.

Gerber, Paul. J. Characteristics of Adults with Specific Learning Disabilities excerpted from Serving Adults with Learning Disabilities: Implications for Effective Practice, 1998.

Hatt, Pat. Supporting and Sharing Best Practices in Learning Disabilities Practitioner Training, March 2002.

Hatt, Pat. Workshop on Learning Disabilities and Developmental Disabilities, October 2003.

Keys to Success: Literacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities. Rehabilitation Review, Vol. 11, No. 10, Oct. 2000.
<http://www.vrri.org/rhb10b00.htm>

Kerka, S. Adults with Learning Disabilities, Adapted from Gerber and Reiff 1994, p. 152 ERIC Digest No. 189, 1998

Lavoie, Richard. 20 Tips to Promote Positive Self-Esteem
< www.ricklavoie.com>

Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore
<http://www.minds.org.sg/>

Miranda, Pat. Ph.D. Quoted in: Peggy A. Locke and Roxanne Butterfield, Promoting Literacy for Individuals with Severe to Moderate Disabilities (CSUN 1999 Conference Proceedings)

Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres, Supplementary Tutor Handbook, Adapted from Literacy Ontario, Best Practices in Literacy for Adults with Developmental Disabilities <http://www.nald.ca/Fulltext/sarc2/page13.htm>

Shaywitz, S. Conversation with Sally Shaywitz, M.D., author of Overcoming Dyslexia, SchwabLearning.org. http://www.schwablearning.org

Teaching Students with Learning and Behavioural Differences: A Resource Guide for Teachers. BC Ministry of Education. <http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/>

Texas Center for Adult Literacy & Learning: Adult Literacy Clearinghouse. October 2003.

The Roeher Institute. Intellectual Disability - A Guide for Program Managers and Coordinators. North York, ON:, 1995, pp. 5 -7

Visual and Auditory Processing Disorders. The National Center for Learning Disabilities.
<http:www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/process_deficit/visual_auditory.html>

What are Developmental Disabilities? JusticeForAll.ca
<http://www.justiceforall.ca>