Recommended Reading

General Parenting:

• Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Steven P. Shalov M.D. (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, by Wendy Mogel
• The Blessing of a B-, by Wendy Mogel
• 1-2-3 Magic:  Effective Discipline for Children 2 – 12, by Thomas Phelan, PhD

ADHD:

• The Family ADHD Solution, by Mark Bertin, M.D.
• Your Defiant Child, by Russell Barkley, PhD
• Your Defiant Teen, by Russell Barkley, PhD
• More Attention, Less Deficit, by Ari Tuckman, PsyD
• Is It You, Me, Or Adult ADD, by Gena Pera
• Making the Grade With ADD: A Student’s Guide to Succeeding in College With Attention Deficit Disorder, by Stephanie Sarkis, PhD
• Chadd Educator’s Manual on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Chris A. Zeigler Dendy, M.S., editor
• Executive Function in the Classroom, Christopher Kaufman, PhD
• The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD, Lidia Zylowska, M.D.

Autistic Spectrum Disorders:

• Asperger Syndrome, by Ami Klin, PhD, et al
• Does My Child Have Autism?:  A Parents Guide to Early Detection and Intervention, by Wendy Stone, PhD
• Educating Children with Autism, National Research Council/National Academy Press

Learning Disabilities

• Parenting A Struggling Reader by Susan Hall and Louisa Moats, EdD
• Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz, M.D.
• Report of the National Reading Pane
• Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel

Mindfulness Based Interventions and related:

• Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain, by Patricia Begley
• Full Catastrophe Living, by Dr. Jon Kabat Zinn
• The Mindful Brain, by Dan Siegel, M.D.
• The Mindful Child, by Susan Kaiser-Greenland
• Child’s Mind, by Christopher Willard, PsyD

View More

Study: Junk food diet linked to lower IQ.

Here’s a new study linking diets high in processed foods at an early age with cognitive development.   Processed foods are ones that are typical pushed through targeting marking and product tie-ins (like who is on the cereal box), making it even more challenging for parents.

View More

Understanding Your Child’s Developmental Journey: Childhood through Adolescence 11/4/2010 (Pleasantville, NY)

View More