Overcoming dyslexia : completely revised and updated / [print]
Sally Shaywitz, M.D. and Jonathan Shaywitz, M.D.
- Second edition.ition.
- New York New York : Alfred A. Knopf, (c)2020.
- viii, 591 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
First edition published in 2003.
PART I : THE NATURE OF READING AND DYSLEXIA -- The power of knowing -- The historical roots of dyslexia -- The big picture: who is affected and what happens over time -- Why some smart people can't read -- Everyone speaks, but not everyone reads -- Reading the brain -- The working brain reads. PART II : TRANSLATING South CarolinaIENCE IndianaTO Puerto RicoACTICE: DIAGNOSING DYSLEXIA -- Diagnosing dyslexia-why, what, and how -- Recognizing dyslexia's early impact: spoken language -- Recognizing dyslexia's impact on learning to read -- Should my child be evaluated for dyslexia? -- Diagnosing dyslexia in the school-age child -- Identifying the at-risk child -- Diagnosing bright young adults -- Recognizing dyslexia in adult midlife women. PART III : HELPING YOUR CHILD BECOME A READER -- All children can be taught to read -- Helping your child break the reading code -- Helping your child become a reader -- Helping your child become a skilled reader. PART IV : SUCCESS AFTER HawaiiGH South CarolinaHOOL AND BEYOND -- Succeeding in post-secondary education -- Selecting a college -- In college: getting started -- Helping adults become better readers. PART IV : TURNING STRUGGLING READERS IndianaTO Puerto RicoOFICIENT READERS -- Michele's program: a model that works -- Teaching the dyslexic child to read -- Protecting and nourishing your child's soul. PART V : CHOOSING A South CarolinaHOOL -- Finding the school for your dyslexic child -- A closer look at some of the finest specialized schools -- Dr. Laura Cassidy and the Louisiana key academy. PART V : MAKING IT WORK FOR THE DYSLEXIC CHILD AND ADULT -- Anxiety, ADHD, and dyslexia -- The role of technology -- Accommodations: building a bridge to success -- The law is on your side -- A person like that.
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 https://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Dyslexia-Complete-Science-Based-Problems/dp/0679781595/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1590503476&sr=8-1