Suggested Readings

                                            

Amen, L.J. & Johnson, S.R. (with Amen, D.G.) (1996).   A teenager’s guide to A.D.D.: Understanding and treating     attention disorders through the teenager years. Fairfield, CA: MindWorks Press.

*Arnett, J. J. (2004). Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens through the Twenties. New York: Oxford University Press.

*Barkin, C. (1999).   When your kid goes to college: A parents’ survival guide. NY: Avon Books.

*Bips, L.L. (with Wallitsch, J. & Wallitsch, K.) (2003).    Parenting college freshmen. Bloomington, IN: 1st Books Library.

Brinkerhoff, L.D., Shaw, S.F., & McGuire, J.M. (1993).   Promoting postsecondary education forstudents with learning disabilities: A handbook for practitioners. Austin, TX: Pro-ed.

*Coburn, K. L., & Treeger, M. L. (2003). Letting Go: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years (4th ed.). New York: Quill Harper Collins. (Original work published 1997)

Cummings, R., Fisher, G., Espeland, P., & Hanson, L.K. (1993).    A survival guide for teenagers with LD. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing.

Nadeau, K.G. (2006).   Survival guide for college students with ADHD or LD. Washington, D.C.:    Magination Press.

Novotni, M. (with Peterson, R.) (2007).   What does everybody else know that I don’t? Plantation, FL: Specialty Press.

*Pasick, P. (1998).   Almost grown: Launching your child from high school to college. NY: W.W. Norton & Co.

Quinn, P.O. (Ed.) (2001).    ADD and the college student: A guide for high school and college students with attention deficit disorder. Washington, D.C.: Magination Press.

Reiff, H.B. (2007).   Self-advocacy skills for students with learning disabilities: Making it happenin college and beyond. Port Chester, NY: Dude Publishing.

*Roffman, A. (2007).   Guiding teens with learning disabilities: Navigating the transition from high school to adulthood.  NY: Princeton Review.

*Savage, M. (2003).    You’re on your own (but I’m here if you need me): Mentoring your child during the college years. NY: Fireside.

 

*   Indicates readings especially helpful for parents transitioning with their college students for the first time