TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shaywitz,Sally E.
AU  - Shaywitz,Jonathan
TI  - Overcoming dyslexia: completely revised and updated 
SN  - 9780385350327
AV  - LB1050.S538.O947 2020 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - Dyslexia
KW  - Dyslexic children
KW  - Education
KW  - Reading disability
KW  - Reading
KW  - Remedial teaching
KW  - Learning Disabled Education
KW  - Psychology
N1  - 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; 2
N2  - 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
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