Recommended Reading List

The below list of books is available for loan to all Students Staff and Faculty through the CUNY library services. These books were ordered based on suggestions made by CUNY disability services providers, faculty and students. This list is not meant to be exhaustive or an endorsement of the authors or their theories. It is instead meant to be a starting point for people interested in expanding their knowledge on the subject or gaining a self-understanding.聽 Books for Students: College Success for Students with Learning Disabilities: Strategies and Tips to Make the Most of Your College Experience: by Cynthia Simpson & Vicky Spencer 路 Prufrock Press 路 Paperback 路 192 pages 路 ISBN: 1593633599聽聽 Call Number: LC4818.38 .S56 2009 Dyslexic and Un-Stoppable: How Dyslexia Helps Us Create the Life of Our Dreams and How You Can Do It Too by Lucie M. Curtiss & Douglas C. Curtiss 路 Morgan James Publishing 路 Paperback 路 160 pages聽 ISBN: 1630473197聽聽聽聽 Call Number: LB1050.5 .L48 2015 Fidget to Focus: Outwit Your Boredom–Sensory Strategies for Living with ADD by Roland Rotz PH. D., Roland Rotz, Sarah Wright M.S. A.C.T., Sarah D. Wright 148 pages 路 ISBN: 0595350100聽聽 Call Number: RC394 .A85 R67 2005 College for Students with Disabilities: We Do Belong: by Pavan John Antony and Stephen M. Shore 路 Jessica Kingsley Publishers 路 Paperback 路 264 pages 路 ISBN: 184905732X聽聽 Call Number: LC4818.38 .C65 2015 Reading Disabilities: Beating the Odds: by Howard Margolis & Gary G. Brannigan聽路 Reading2008 & Beyond Pub路 Paperback聽路 301 pages聽路 ISBN: 0615279007聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Call Number: LB1050.5 .M377 2009 Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most Out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder: by Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey聽路 Ballantine Books路 Paperback聽路 380 pages聽路

ISBN: 0345442318聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽

Call Number: RC394 .A85 H349 2005

Succeeding as a Student in the STEM Fields with an Invisible Disability: A College Handbook for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Students … or Learning Difficulties and their Families: by Christy Oslund聽路 Jessica Kingsley Publishers聽路 Paperback聽路 160 pages聽路

ISBN: 1849059470聽 聽

Call Number: LC4818.38聽.O75 2013

Learning How to Learn: Getting into and Surviving College When You Have a Learning Disability by Joyanne Cobb 路Child & Family Press 路 Paperback 路 138 pages 路 ISBN: 0878688781聽聽聽 Call Number: LC4818.38 .C62 2003 Learning Outside the Lines: by Jonathan Mooney, David Cole 路 Touchstone 路 Paperback 路 286 pages 路

ISBN: 068486598X聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽

Call Number: LC4818.5 .M66 2000

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM 5 American Psychiatric Association聽路 947 pages聽路 ISBN: 9780890425541 Call Number: RC455.2.C4 D536 2013 Adderall Blues by Joyanne Cobb By Brian Robinson 路 Koehler Books 路 Paperback聽路 154 pages聽路

ISBN: 1633934314聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽

Call Number: RC394 .A85 R63 2017

The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain: by Brock L. Eide, Fernette F. Eide聽路 Plume Books 路 Paperback聽路 283 pages聽路 ISBN: 0452297923聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Call Number: RC394 .W6 E33 2011 Books for Staff: Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities or AD/HD By Peterson鈥檚 (Author), Linda Seghers (Editor)聽路 Peterson Nelnet Co聽路 Paperback聽路 616 pages聽路 ISBN: 0768925061 Call Number: LC4818.38聽.P4536 2007 Empowering Students with Hidden Disabilities: A Path to Pride and Success: by Margo Vreeburg Izzo Ph.D. & LeDerick R Horne 路 Brookes Publishing聽路 Paperback聽路 208 pages聽路

ISBN: 1598577352聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽

Call Number: LC4818.38 .I99 2016

Preparing Students with Disabilities for College Success: A Practical Guide to Transition Planning by Stan Shaw &聽 Joseph W. Madaus 路 Brookes Publishing Company 路 293 pages聽路

ISBN: 1598570161聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽

Call Number: LC4813 .P74 2010

Technology and the Diverse Learner: A Guide to Classroom Practice (1st Edition): by Marty Bray, Abbie Brown & Timothy D. Green 路 Corwin Publishers聽路 Paperback聽路 112 pages聽路

ISBN: 0761931724聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽

Call Number: LC3969.5 .B73 2004

The Learning Tree: Overcoming Learning Disabilities from the Ground Up (Merloyd Lawrence Book): by Stanley Greenspan & Nancy Thorndike Greenspan 路 路 276 pages聽路

ISBN 0738212334聽聽

Call Number LC4704 .G735 2010

Books for Faculty: The Complete Learning Disabilities Handbook: Ready-To-Use Strategies and Activities for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities (3RD ed.) by Joan M. Harwell & Rebecca Williams Jackson 路 Jossey-Bass路 Paperback聽路 388 pages聽路

ISBN: 0787997552聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽

Call Number: LC4704 .H378 2008

Aha!: The Moments of Insight that Shape Our World By Irvine, William B.聽路 Oxford University Press聽路 Paperback聽路 376 pages聽路 ISBN: 0190690275 Call Number: BF449.5聽.I78 2015 Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level By Sally Shaywitz 路 Vintage 路 Paperback聽路 414 pages聽路 ISBN: 0679781595 Call Number: LB1050.5 .S42 2003 Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth 路 Scribner Book Company 路 Hardcover 路聽352 pages聽路 ISBN 1501111116聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Call Number RC394 .A85聽R67 2005