Overcoming Dyslexia (2020 Edition): Second Edition, Completely Revised and Updated

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

• The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain
• The Gift of Dyslexia: Why Some of the Smartest People Can't Read...and How They Can Learn, Revised and Expanded Edition
• Uncovering the Logic of English: A Common-Sense Approach to Reading, Spelling, and Literacy
• Dyslexia Advocate!: How to Advocate for a Child with Dyslexia within the Public Education System
• The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan: A Blueprint for Renewing Your Child's Confidence and Love of Learning
• Learn to Read for Kids with Dyslexia: 101 Games and Activities to Teach Your Child to Read
• Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
• Blast Off to Reading!: 50 Orton-Gillingham Based Lessons for Struggling Readers and Those with Dyslexia
• 35 Lesson Plans - An Orton-Gillingham Reading & Spelling Program
• Overcoming Dyslexia: Second Edition, Completely Revised and Updated