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This webinar highlights the latest research on how epilepsy impacts cognition, learning, and school performance.

The webinar is presented by Dr. Madison Berl, a neuropsychologist at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. Dr. Berl’s presentation is followed by an interactive Q&A session. Some of the questions you might hear addressed include:

• How do schools build an IEP for a child with epilepsy?
• Are there services available to help my child transition into adulthood?
• What laws are in place to support my child?

Resources Listed in this Presentation and compiled by Dr. Berl

Attention/Processing Speed Resources:

• Books:
  • Practical Ideas That Really Work For Students With ADHD by Kathleen O’Connell: https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Idea…
  • Taking Charge of ADHD by Russell Barkley: https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Charge-…
• Websites:
  • http://www.chadd.org
  • http://www.myadhd.com http://www.idonline.org
• Apps:
  • iPrompts

Executive Functioning Challenges Resources:

• Books:
  • Executive Functioning in Children and Adolescents: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Intervention by Dawson and Guare: https://www.amazon.com/Executive-Skil…
  • Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids reach their Potential by Dawson and Guare: https://www.amazon.com/Smart-but-Scat…
  • Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents’ guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning by Joyce Cooper-Kahn and Laurie Dietzel: https://www.amazon.com/Late-Lost-Unpr…
  • Becoming a Master Student: Tools, techniques, Hints, Ideas, Illustrations, Examples, Methods, Procedures, Processes, Skills, Resources, and Suggestions for Success by David Ellis: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-maste…
  • Keeping A Head in School by Mel Levine: https://www.amazon.com/Keeping-Head-S…
  • Learning Outside the Lines by Jonathan Mooney and David Cole: https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Outsi…
• Websites:
  • https://www.dartmouth.edu/-acskills/s…
• Apps:
  • AudioNote Auditorium Notes
  • AwesomeNote
  • Diigo
  • MyStudyBar
  • Noodle Tools
  • SoundNote
  • Voice Dream
  • Webspiration

Memory:

• Books:
  • Visual Strategies for Improving Communication: Practical Support for School and Home by Linda Hodgdon: https://www.amazon.com/Strategies-Imp…
  • Homework without Tears by Canter & Hausner: https://www.amazon.com/Homework-Witho…
  • How to Help Your Child with Homework by Marguerite Redencich: https://www.amazon.com/How-Help-Your-…
  • Improve Your Memory by Ron Fry: https://www.amazon.com/Improve-Your-M…
• Websites:
  • http://www.projectlearnet.org/
  • http://www.bookshare.org
  • http://a4cwsn.com
• Apps:
  • Kurzweil 3000
  • Kindle Learning Ally
  • Read2Go
  • iPromptPro
  • Text Aloud 3
  • Virtual Manipulatives!
  • Numbler
  • Math Drills
  • Math Battle
  • Simplex Spelling with Reverse Phonics: Lite
  • TYPE! By Broderbund
  • Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Type to Learn