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Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level |  | Author: Sally Shaywitz M.D.
Publisher: Vintage
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Sales Rank: 11790
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 432
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0679781595
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.9144
EAN: 9780679781592
ASIN: 0679781595
Publication Date: January 4, 2005
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Product Description
FOR EVERYONE WHO STRUGGLES TO READ!
Clear, practical, science-based information and advice for successful results
One in five American children has trouble reading. But they are not stupid or lazy. In Overcoming Dyslexia, Dr. Sally Shaywitz, codirector of the Yale Center for the Study of Learning and Attention and a leader in the new research into how the brain works, offers the latest information about reading problems and proven, practical techniques that, along with hard work and the right help, can enable anyone to overcome them. Here are the tools that parents and teachers need to help the dyslexic child, age by age, grade by grade, step by step.
--What dyslexia is and why some intelligent, gifted people read slowly and painfully
--How to identify dyslexia in preschoolers, schoolchildren, young adults, and adults
--How to find the best school and how to work productively with your child’s teacher
--Exercises to help children use the parts of the brain that control reading
--A 20-minute nightly home program to enhance reading
--The 150 most common problem words–a list that can give your child a head start
--Ways to raise and preserve a child’s self-esteem aqnd reveal his strengths
--Stories of successful men and women who are dyslexic
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 best resource to explain dyslexia October 10, 2009
private psychologist (Australia)
This is a great resource for both parents and professionals in that it explains the nature of dyslexia in easy to understand terms based on neuropsychological research.
A wealth of information September 11, 2009
Tebbi Purvis (Tampa, FL)
A wonderful resource both if you suspect dyslexia or if you already have a confirmed diagnosis. Tremendously helpful in understanding what dyslexia is and how to help your child or someone you love with this difference.
The foremost authority on the subject September 9, 2009
Joy Martinez (Dallas, TX, USA)
I starting reading several books on the subject of dyslexia to build a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by my son and to develop stategies to help him. Every book went back to quoting from the research of Dr. Sally Shaywitz. I decided to put the rest down and read the book based on her work. Though this book is not light reading for the average parent, it is information that every teacher should be familiar with.
 overcoming dyslexia: a new and complete science-based August 18, 2009
the book is great but i can't believe text to speech is disabled with this particular book! how is someone who wants to learn how to improve their reading suppose to have access? that is one of te kindles redeeming features.
Helpful Scientific Basis August 7, 2009
Special Ed Mama (Pittsfield, MA)
A wonderful book whose basis on brain imaging confirms what many good reading teachers have known all along--teaching phonemes and using a multisensory approach is necessary. Her case studies were very encouraging, as were the examples of problems encountered and methods used with older students.
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