PANDA Adult Instructional Intervention

This is a service for any student having learning challenges.
Click here to obtain more information about the Adult Instructional Intervention.

Scroll down for Resources.

Formal Learning Disorder Testing
If your student has health insurance, have them call to check with insurance to see if they have coverage for testing.

Metro Area Testing Sites

Anderson Psychological Services, LLC
Woodbury
(612) 374-2400
http://andersonpsychology.com

Clinic for Attention, Learning and Memory (C.A.L.M.)
Minneapolis
(612) 872-1243
http://calm.us

Innovative Psychological Consultants
Maple Grove
(763) 416-4167
www.ipc-mn.com

LDA Minnesota
Golden Valley
(952) 582-6000
http://ldaminnesota.org/

Michael J. Moller, PsyD, LP, ABPP
Hudson, WI
(715) 386-0856
http://www.michaeljmoller.com/

North Psychology Clinic
Dorothy Edelson, PhD, LP
ADHD and LD evaluations, special education background.
Brooklyn Center
(763) 531-0566
St. Paul
(651) 237-9501
http://www.northpsychology.com/

Northstar Psychological, PLLC – Testing services are available in Spanish.
Robert G. Van Noord, PhD, LP
Bloomington
(612) 275-7564
Alternate Phone:  (952) 854-5550

Outstate Testing Sites

Associated Psychological Services
Mankato
(507) 388-8114
http://apsmankato.com

The Reading Center
Dyslexia Institute of Minnesota
Rochester
(507) 288-5271
http://www.thereadingcenter.org/

Nystrom & Associates, LTD.
Brainerd/Baxter, Bemidji, Big Lake, Cambridge, Duluth, Otsego, Rochester, Sartell/St. Cloud
https://www.nystromcounseling.com/our-locations/

Solutions Behavioral Healthcare Professionals
Moorhead
(218) 287-4338
http://solutionsinpractice.squarespace.com/assesment-and-therapy/

Walker Ridge Psychological Services, Inc.
Dr. Julie Eggers Huber, PsyD, LP
Psychological and neuropsychological testing including ASD, ADHD, SLD, ID, TBI.
Pine River
(218) 631-8262

True Balance Counseling
Dr. Leslie Russell-Martin
Neuropsychological testing.
Little Falls/Cold Spring
(320) 632-5524

Lipp, Carlson, Witucki & Associated, Ltd.
Grand Forks, ND
(701) 746-8376
http://www.lclwpsychologists.com/

Country Psychology
Michael Robertson, PsyD, LP
Princeton
(763) 308-6998

Jeffrey Gregory, PhD, LP
Neuropychological testing.
Fargo and Detroit Lakes
(701) 203-4270

ASC Psychological Services
Mankato
(507) 237-8259

Five Rivers Mental Health Clinic
Dr. Sarah Sifers, PhD, LP
Adult psychoeducational assessments.
Mankato
(507) 399-0298

Benson Psychological Services
ADHD and LD evaluations.
Fargo, ND
(701) 297-7540

Resources

About Dyscalculia
www.aboutdyscalculia.org/index.html

Colorin Colorado Website
Webcast featuring a bilingual speech-language pathologist that discusses effective assessment and instruction strategies for ELL students with learning disabilities as well as a list of recommended resources.
http://www.colorincolorado.org/webcast/english-language-learners-learning-disabilities

Dyscalculia.org
Provides information, strategies and tools about specific learning disability in mathematics.
www.dyscalculia.org

Decoding Dyslexia:  Minnesota
This organization is driven by families and educators to make others aware of dyslexia, provide support and resource.
https://www.decodingdyslexiamn.org/for_teachers

Dyslexia in the Classroom
What Every Teacher Needs to Know
https://1xwltg429wbz1nv5201c3cao-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DITC-Handbook.pdf

Dyslexia Toolkit
https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/DyslexiaToolkit.pdf

The Dyslexia Solution
Reading From Scratch: Everything you want to know about dyslexia but didn’t know who to ask.
www.dyslexia.org

Friends of Quinn
This site has videos and resources regarding dyslexia.
www.friendsofquinn.com

International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
Offers over 30 recorded webinars to empower educational professionals and families with knowledge and resources to address the instructional needs of students who have dyslexia and other learning differences.  CEUs are available.  http://umw.dyslexiaida.org/recorded-webinars/


The Reading Center
Teaches an online course called Dyslexia 101 for the Classroom Educator. Registration fee.  CEUs are available. https://www.thereadingcenter.org/dyslexia-101/

Language and Reading Interventions for English Language Learners and ELL with Disabilities
www.centeroninstruction.org

LD Online
Offers a multitude of information, strategies and resources related to learning disabilities.
www.ldonline.org
“Dyslexia and the Brain:  What Does Current Research Tell Us?”,   by Roxanne F. Hudson, Leslie High, and Stephanie Al Otaiba
http://www.ldonline.org/article/14907/

Learning Disabilities Worldwide
www.ldworldwide.org

Minnesota Career Force
Career Force centers are located all over Minnesota.  Individuals can go to the centers to get help on writing resumes, interviews, and job searches.  The website has a feature to search for jobs and to complete an interest inventory.  The services are free.
https://www.careerforcemn.com/

National Center for Learning Disabilities
www.ncld.org

NPR Special Series
unlocking dyslexia
https://www.npr.org/series/503544816/unlocking-dyslexia

Proliteracy Worldwide 
www.proliteracy.org

Rehabilitation Services
http://mn.gov/deed/

Teaching ESL to Adults: Classroom Approaches in Action
Training videos – demonstrate several teaching strategies to use in the classroom.
www.newamericanhorizons.org

Upper Midwest Branch of the International Dyslexia Association
Supports individuals with dyslexia and related, language-based learning disorders.  Promotes literacy through research, education and advocacy.  This website also has a tutor referral network.
http://umw.dyslexiaida.org/

Books:

Butterworth, Brian.  (2004).  Dyscalculia Guidance:  Helping Pupils with Specific Learning Diffculties in Math.  David Fulton Publishers.

Shaywitz, Sally.  (2003).  Overcoming Dyslexia.  New York: Alfred A Knopf.  Great book that will help you understand dyslexia and how students learn to read.

Wolf, Maryanne.  (2007).  The Probst and the Squid.  New York:  Harpers Collins Publishers.

Movies:

 Journey Into Dyslexia. (2011)  DVD which explores the phenomenon of people who have enormous difficulty with words.  Many celebrities and experts are interviewed.

The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia.  The Myths, The Stigmas, The Truths Revealed.  (2013). a film that demystifies dyslexia with testimonials from those who have been diagnosed, experts in the field and celebrities.