Student Support Resources

By the Rowland Hall Student Support Team

Ensuring a student learns at their best requires partnership between school and home. Drawing on the collective experience of our dedicated student support team, we created this post as a gathering place for the resources we most often share with families.

Web Resources

• Understood.org—A comprehensive, parent- and student-friendly guide to ADHD, dyslexia, executive functioning, and learning differences
• Child Mind Institute—Evidence-based strategies for supporting mental health and learning differences
• Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)—Resources for families navigating specific learning disabilities (SLD)
• The Neurodiversity Hub—Strength-based approaches and career readiness for neurodivergent teens and young adults
• ADDitude ADHD Science and Strategies—Research-based articles, expert advice, and practical tools for understanding and supporting ADHD across home and school settings

Books

• Different … Not Less by Dr. Temple Grandin
• The Dyslexic Advantage by Dr. Brock L. Eide and Dr. Fernette F. Eide
• ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction—from Childhood Through Adulthood by Dr. Edward Hallowell and Dr. John Ratey
• Smart But Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential by Dr. Peg Dawson and Dr. Richard Guare
• The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Differently Wired Brain by Dr. Thomas Armstrong
• Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Dr. Barry Prizant
• A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan
• We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric Garcia
• Everybody Is Different: A Book for Young People Who Have Brothers or Sisters With Autism by Fiona Bleach
• Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman
• Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg
• Unmasking Autism: The Power of Embracing Our Hidden Neurodiversity by Dr. Devin Price
• The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Dr. Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
• The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Differences by Carol Stock Kranowitz
• Sensory Integration and the Child: Understanding Hidden Sensory Challenges by Dr. Jean Ayres
• Sensational Kids: Hope and Help for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder by Dr. Lucy Jean Miller
• Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child by Dr. Ross Greene

Organizations

• Autism Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)—Run by and for autistic people
• The Neurodiversity Alliance—School-based program run by and for students who learn differently, designed to build critical social-emotional skills that improve the educational experience and outcomes of students who learn differently
• Neurodiversity in the Workplace—Advocacy group supporting employment pathways; useful for future planning
• See Me Neurodiverse—Supports neurodiverse families by raising community awareness and providing inclusive resources
• Help4ADHD.org—National clearinghouse for evidence-based information on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Podcasts

• Stuff You Should Know—ADHD Part 1 and ADHD Part 2
• Good Inside (or check out the book: Good Inside: A Practical Guide to Resilient Parenting Prioritizing Connection Over Correction by Dr. Becky Kennedy)
• Science vs. Podcast—Adderall: What’s It Doing to Your Brain?
• Real Talk for Real Teachers by Conscious Discipline