Overcoming Dyslexia: Second Edition, Completely Revised and Updated Contributor(s): Shaywitz, Sally (Author), Shaywitz, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385350325 ISBN-13: 9780385350327 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $36.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Special Education - Communicative Disorders - Education | Special Education - Learning Disabilities - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading & Phonics |
Dewey: 371.914 |
LCCN: 2019028000 |
Physical Information: 1.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.95 lbs) 608 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Mentally Challenged |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 |