Overcoming Dyslexia (2020 Edition) by Sally Shaywitz Md

Overcoming Dyslexia (2020 Edition) by Sally Shaywitz Md

COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED

From one of the world's preeminent experts on reading and dyslexia, the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical book available on identifying, understanding, and overcoming reading problems--now revised to reflect the latest research and evidence-based approaches.

Dyslexia is the most common learning disorder on the planet, affecting about one in five individuals, regardless of age or gender. Now a world-renowned expert gives us a substantially updated and augmented edition of her classic work- drawing on an additional fifteen years of cutting-edge research, offering new information on all aspects of dyslexia and reading problems, and providing the tools that parents, teachers, and all dyslexic individuals need. This new edition also offers-

.New material on the challenges faced by dyslexic individuals across all ages
.Rich information on ongoing advances in digital technology that have dramatically increased dyslexics' ability to help themselves
.New chapters on diagnosing dyslexia, choosing schools and colleges for dyslexic students, the co-implications of anxiety, ADHD, and dyslexia, and dyslexia in post-menopausal women
.Extensively updated information on helping both dyslexic children and adults become better readers, with a detailed home program to enhance reading
.Evidence-based universal screening for dyslexia as early as kindergarten and first grade - why and how
.New information on how to identify dyslexia in all age ranges
.Exercises to help children strengthen the brain areas that control reading
.Ways to raise a child's self-esteem and reveal her strengths
.Stories of successful men, women, and young adults who are dyslexic

Audrey G. SHAYWITZ, M.D., is the Audrey G. SHAYWITZ, M.D., Audrey G. SHAYWITZ, M.D., Audrey G. Ratner is a Yale University professor of learning development and the co-founder and director of the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity. She is the author of over 350 scientific articles and book chapters, as well as the inventor of the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreenTM, a tool that teachers may use to accurately screen young children for dyslexia. The Margo Marek Book Award and the NAMI Book Award were given to Overcoming Dyslexia. Dr. Shaywitz is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and has been named one of America's Top Doctors on numerous occasions.

She has testified in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. She resides in Woodbridge, Connecticut. A board-certified psychiatrist, JONATHAN SHAYWITZ, M.D. He was previously the Medical Director of Mental Health at Mission Hospital Laguna Beach and Mission Hospital Mission Viejo, as well as the director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles.

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ISBN 13	9780679781592
ISBN 10	0679781595
Title	Overcoming Dyslexia (2020 Edition)
Author	Sally Shaywitz Md
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2005-01-04
Number of pages	608
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