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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 371.9144 EAN: 9780679781592 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0679781595 Label: Vintage Manufacturer: Vintage Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: January 04, 2005 Publisher: Vintage Release Date: January 04, 2005 Studio: Vintage Accessories:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - gives hopeCreates a profile of the dyslexic person...and provides instructional interventions that work.....feels like a handbook....I have two copies, one for home and one for school... Rating:  - amazing book, very comphrensive, a must read for parents and friendsI really needed a good explanation of dyslexia after my daughter was diagnosed with it. I was told of this book by the school reading specialist. Every chapter of the book was eye-opening and helped bring my child's plight into better focus. I now feel so much more informed and better prepared to help my little girl. I feel empowered to help her and have the insight to know why she reads the way she does. Her reading has improved simply because the quality of my home instruction ... Read More Rating: - Best described by its titleOvercoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level This was recommended to me by several local and state experts as the best single source on the subject, and I have not been disappointed. Parts I and II provide a clear, suscinct overview of the condition, Parts III and IV deal with teaching reading to dyslexics. The Epilogue describes the experience of several very well known and very successful dyslexics. It is not a curse, just a somewhat ... Read More Rating: - Fantastic resource for reading problemsI ordered this book after attending a seminar on Dyslexia. My child has not been officially diagnosed, but this book is fantastic. It explains what dyslexia is and also gives information about other reading disabilities, differences and difficulties. It gives you many activities you can do with your child to help improve reading skills and is very practical for addressing the problems your child may be having. I highly recommend this book for anyone who may suspect that your child has a reading ... Read More Rating: - Overcoming Dyslexia - a text that is relevant to practioners.This book had been recommended reading for me and now I am recommending it to parents of my students. After dealing with the products of whole language teaching, parents of dyslexic students are desperate for an approach to teaching reading that is more in line with the needs of students. This book outlines such an approach - and gives reasons/ supporting evidence for why this approach to programming, works. 
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