Thursday, August 28, 2008
WELCOME
The LEAD (Learning and Educating About Disabilities) Foundation was organized in 2002 by a handful of parents familiar with the frustrations and difficulties of putting students with learning disabilities and/or AD/HD through the public school system.

The Foundation supports and educates the entire Colorado Springs community on issues relating to learning disabilities and AD/HD by hosting free Community Forums to the public, often featuring nationally known speakers and experts on learning disabilities, sponsoring a Parent Support Group to parents in the junior high and elementary schools, funding scholarships to students with learning disabilities and providing a community Resource Center of materials on Learning Disabilities and AD/HD.

In addition, the Foundation supports the unique LEAD program in the Cheyenne Mountain School District in fulfilling their mission to educate others about learning disabilities. Started in 1997, The LEAD program has built a reputation throughout the nation, as an exemplary curriculum for "Learning and Educating about Disabilities".

Replication of programs similar to LEAD in other high schools, which teach students with learning disabilities the importance of self-knowledge and self-advocacy skills, is one of the primary goals of the LEAD Foundation.

LEAD Resource Library

The LEAD Foundation Resource Center is open to the public
during regular library hours:
7:00 a.m. to 7:30p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. Fridays.

ADHD Resources:
Survival Guide for College Students w/ADHD; Nadeau, Kathleen
How to Reach and Teach Children and Teens w/ADHD; Stowe,Cynthia
Helping Adolescents w/ADHD and Learning Disorders; Greenbaum & Markel
ADD and the College Student; Quinn, Patricia
Healing ADD; Amen, Daniel
ADHD and the Nature of Self-Control; Barkley, Russell
How to Reach and Teach Children w/ADD/LD; Rief, Sandra
The ADHD Book of Lists; Rief, Sandra
Teaching Teens w/ADD & ADHD;, Ziegler, Chris
Driven to Distraction; Hallowell, Edward
Answers to Distraction; Hallowell, Edward
Delivered from Distraction; Hallowell, Edward
ADD- Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life; Kolberg & Nadeau
Attention Deficit Disorders; A Handbook for Colorado Education
Putting on the Brakes: Young Person’s Guide to Understanding ADHD; Quinn, Patricia
Making the System Work for Your Child w/ADHD; Jensen
Unlocking Potential: College and Other Choices for People w/LD & ADHD; Crutsinger
My Brother’s a World-Class Pain: A Sibling’s Guide to ADHD; Gordon, Michael
Maybe You Know My Teen: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Your Adolescent w/ADHD; Fowler, Mary
I Would if I Could: A Teenager’s Guide to ADHD; Gordon, Michael
Otto Learns about his Medicine: A Story about Medication for Children w/ADHD; Galvin, Mathews
Shelly, the Hyperactive Turtle; Moss, Deborah
Understanding Women w/ADHD; Nadeau & Quinn
Understanding Girls w/ADHD; Nadeau & Quinn
Moms w/ADHD; Adanec, Christine
The Survival Guide for Kids w/ADD and ADHD; Taylor, John
Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention; Nadeau, Kathleen
Why Johnny Can’t Sit Still; Tunis, Sandra
Corey Stories: A Kid’s Book to Living w/ADHD; Kraus, Jeanne

Learning Disability Resources:
The Myth of Laziness; Levin, Mel
Ready or Not Here Life Comes; Levin, Mel
A Mind at a Time; Levin, Mel
Guidelines for All Kinds of Minds, Levine, Mel
Keeping Ahead in School, A Student’s Handbook About Learning Abilities and Learning Disorders; Levin, Mel
All Kinds of Minds: A Young Student’s Book About Learning Abilities and Learning Disorders; Levine, Mel
How the Special Needs Brain Learns; Sousa, David
Many Ways to Learn: Young People’s Guide to Learning Disabilities; Stern, Judith
The Survival Guide for Kids w/Learning Differences; Fisher, Gary
Overcoming Dyslexia; Shaywitz, Sally
Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy; 2nd Edition; Wright, Peter & Pam
Learning Outside the Lines; Mooney & Cole
Laughing Allegra; Ford, Anne
The Everyday Guide to Special Education Law; Chapman, Randy
It’s So Much Work to be Your Friend; Lavoie, Richard
Keeping Ahead In School; Lavoie, Richard
Learn How to Learn Study Skills; Ohme, Herman
Understanding Learning Disabilites; Turkington, Carol
Overcoming Dyslexia; Shaywitz, Sally
Teaching Study Skills and Strategies to Students; Strichart, Stephen
Underachievement Syndrome/Causes; Rimm, Sylvia
IEP Guide: Learning Disabilities; Nolo
Transition Assessment; Miller & Lombard
A Special Education; Buchman

Additional Reading:
The Optimistic Child; : Proven Program to Safeguard Children from Depression; Seligman, Martin
The Developing Mind; Siegel, Daniel
Emotional Intelligence, Gotman, Daniel
A User’s Guide to the Brain; Ratey, John
A View from the Cliff; Weiss, Lynn

Video/CD Resources:
A Mind at a Time; Levine, Mel (CD)
The Memory Factory; Levine, Mel ((CD)
Misunderstood Minds; Levine, Mel (DVD)
Misunderstood Minds; Levine, Mel (Video)
WGBH: Attention; Levine, Mel (Video and Workbook)
WGBH: Feelings and Motivation; Levine, Mel (Video and Workbook)
WGBH: Getting Thoughts on Paper; Levine, Mel (Video and Workbook)
WGBH: Higher Order Cognition; Levine, Mel (Video and Workbook)
WGBH: Memory; Levine, Mel (Video and Workbook)
WGBH: Student Output :Producing, Performing, and Communicating; Levine, Mel (Video and Workbook)
ADHD: What Do We Know?; Barkley, Russell (Video)
ADHD: What Can We Do?; Barkley, Russell (Video)
A New Look at ADHD; Barkley, Russell
F.A.T. City Workshop; Lavoie, Richard (Video)
Delivered from Distraction; Hallowell, Edward (CD)
Driven to Distraction; Hallowell, Edward (CD)
 
LEAD Foundation is an affiliated fund of the Pikes Peak Community Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity.
LEAD Foundation, 730 N. Nevada, Colorado Springs, CO 80903