Canada Wide Resources

Learn as much as you can about learning disabilities and ADHD.
Below are Canadian links to resources Learning Disabilities Association Canada believes will help you on your journey.
Contact your Department/Ministry of Education/Learning in your province/territory to obtain the most up-to-date criteria and policies on special education.

Council of Ministers of Education, Canada

https://cmec.ca/en/  Click on the province or territory for contact information and links.

 

Learning Disabilities Association of Canada – www.ldac-acta.ca

Links to Learning Disabilities Association across the country – 10 provincial and two territorial LDAs and 55 community chapters. Articles for parents, students, adults and professionals that work with them.

 

Books in Print

The Misunderstood Child: Understading and Coping with Your Child’s Learning Disabilities
Dr. Larry B. Silver

 

How To Reach and Teach Children & Teens with Dyslexia: A parent & teachers guide to helping students academically, socially and emotionally
Cynthia M. Stowe, M. ED.

 

Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and techniques every teacher can use
Susan Winebrenner

 

1-2-3 Magic
Dr. Thomas Phelan

 

Attention Deficit Disorder: the Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults
Dr. Thomas Brown

 

Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood to Adulthood
Dr. Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey

 

Taking Charge of ADHD, The Complete Authoritative Guide for Parents
Dr. Russell A. Barkley

 

Making the System Work for your Child with ADHD
Peter S. Jensen

 

Answers to Distraction
Dr. Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey

 

It’s So Much Work to be Your Friend: Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success
Richard Lavoie

 

Understanding Girls with AD/HD – Understanding Women with AD/HD
Kathleen Nadeau & Patricia Quinn

 

The Explosive Child: a New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, “Chronically Inflexible” Children
Ross Greene

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Websites

Attention Deficit Information

French: www.attentiondeficit-info.com

English: www.attentiondeficit-info.com

A site created by Dr. Annick Vincent, psychiatrist in Montreal. Excellent resources on ADHD for parents and professionals.

 

ADDvance
www.addvance.com

Answers to questions about ADD (ADHD)

 

Attention Deficit Disorder Association
www.add.org

 

ADHD Coach 4 You
www.addcoach4u.com

A website with information on coaching for adults with ADHD

 

CADDAC
www.caddac.ca

The Centre for ADHD/ADD Advocacy, Canada (CADDAC) is a national not-for-profit organization providing leadership in education and advocacy for ADHD organizations and individuals with ADHD across Canada.

 

CH.A.D.D.
www.chaddcanada.com

Children and Adults with A.D.D. (CH.A.D.D.) Canada is a non-profit, parent-run organization that aims to help support, educate and ultimately better the lives of individuals with ADHD and those who care for them. CH.A.D.D. has chapters in communities across the country. The organization also sponsors workshops, presentations and conferences on the latest breakthroughs and techniques involved in dealing with ADHD.

 

Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance (CADDRA)
www.caddra.ca

Canadian ADHD Practice Guidelines for physicians, etc.

 

PANDA
www.associationpanda.qc.ca

Le Regroupement des associations de parents PANDA du Quebéc est la référence en matiére d’aide aux associations PANDA et aux parents ayant un enfant atteint du trouble déficitaire de (‘attention avec ou sans hyperactivité (TDAH), les intervenants scolaires et du milieu de la santé.