Introduction; Part I. Reading Problems -- Your Reading Brain; Dyslexia/Reading Disability & Common Sense; Old School Concept #1: Stages of Reading/Literacy Development; Sanctity of the Stages; Stage 0; Kindergarten Mom: Help! My Child is Shutting Down!; Stage I: Getting on the Bike; Stage II: Riding the Bike; Mom! Theres Lincoln Whatever Field; Stage III: Independently Riding the Bike; Old School Concept #2: Task Analysis; Old School Concept #3: Instructional Level; Listen to the Moms; All Aboard the Curriculum Ship; Messages from the Life Boats; Was this a Problem That Could Have Been Averted?; Low-Frequency versus High-Frequency Words; Simple Low-Frequency Word Strategy; Daddys Tied Up in Traffic; Hmmm, Let Me Think About It; Comprehension in a Nutshell; BRDD: Boy Reading Deficit Disorder; There is No Joy in Educationville for Teaching Reading Has Struck Out; Establishing a Family Reading Hour. Part II. ADHD & Learning Disabilities -- Step Right Up, Folks!; The Blind Men & the Elephant: (Dissecting Childhood); Two Roads; Doing the ADHD Dance; Clogged Fuel Lines; Age-Adjustment Strategy; ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) = BDD (Boredom Deficit Disorder); ADHD Kryptonite: Lunchroom & Playground; Scene 1: The Lunch Room -- Jacks Brain; Scene 2: The Playground -- Jacks Brain; Scene 3: The Classroom -- Jacks Brain; Does Your Child Have Curriculum ADHD?; Playing the Odds: Which Horse Would You Bet?; Common Sense & Reasonable 504 Plans; Killing the Rainforest One IEP at a Time; Winning the Battle but Losing the War; Should a Child Be on Medication While Being Evaluated?; Going Columbo; The Zone of No Zone. Part III. Learning Disabilities & School Variables -- Inside the Head of a Boy with a Learning Disability!; Go to a Carpenter, You Get a Nail; The House Looks Fine: Whats the Problem?; IQ Adding to My GQ; Help! I'm Being Held Hostage to My IQ; Inclusion: Support in the Deep End of the Pool; Howard Beale -- Where Are You?; How Do We Fix It?; In the Neck Ache Business; Got the Cure for the Summertime Blues?; NLD (Nonverbal Learning Disability) in a Nutshell; Open-Ended Writing: A Heavy Load for Many Kids; Opposite Approach to Open-Ended Writing; Screeching on the Violin; Learning Disabilities in the Mideast: Issues Essentially the Same; Musings from Happy Hour -- Happy Birthday Mel!; The Game Changer: Logan Elementary School; Organizational Issues; Executive Function Deficits: No Orchestra Leader; We Keep Telling Him, You've got to be organized! You've got to be organized!; Go Up to Your Room & Do Your Work: The Perils; The School Keeps Saying Stay Out --They Have to Do It on Their Own; Homework: The Great Battleground; Sluggish Cognitive Tempo; Weighing the Pain; Anger: You Cant Make Me; Pain Avoiders in College; Putting Fuel in the Shut-Down Learner Tank; Study Skills Coach: Readiness Is Everything; Organizing the Disorganized -- Skill of the Month; A Compound-Interest Mentality; Master Notebook: Keeping the Disorganized on the Straight & Narrow; Parental Grade Monitoring on the Internet; Social Skills Issues; I Dont Want Greg at My Birthday Party; No One to Play With; Sharks & Minnows; Sharks & Minnows (Continued); School Bus Blues #1: Riding Shotgun; School Bus Blues #2: Get Out of Bed, Pop; Shyness -- Perhaps; Hot Cross Buns & Dolly Madison; Avery: A Water Torture Personality Type; Jake -- A Socially Reticent Child; How Can Parents Support the Jakes of the World?; Socializing in the 21st Century; Those Little Interactions; Little Remorse & Not Much Compassion; Life According to Martin; Social Skills -- The Last Word; Final Words: Two Roads Diverged in a Snowy Wood.