Author : Sally E. Shaywitz
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 38,43 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780375400124
Draws on recent scientific breakthroughs to explain the mechanisms underlying dyslexia, offering parents age-specific, grade-by-grade instructions on how to help their children.
Author : Sally Shaywitz, M.D.
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 38,81 MB
Release : 2008-12-24
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0307558894
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
Author : Tracey Wood
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 26,14 MB
Release : 2011-04-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1118068513
Includes tips and strategies for kids, teens, and adults with dyslexia Understand what dyslexia is, assess schools and programs, and help your child succeed Does your child mix up d's and b's? Does he or she have trouble reading? If so, the cause may be dyslexia. But don't worry -- these days, there are many ways to overcome dyslexia. This hands-on guide leads you step by step through your options -- and explains how anyone with dyslexia can achieve success in school and life. Discover how to * Recognize the symptoms of dyslexia * Understand diagnostic test results * Set up an Individualized Education Program (IEP) * Work effectively with teachers * Improve your child?s reading skills
Author : Sally E. Shaywitz
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,6 MB
Release :
Category : Alexia
ISBN :
This prevalent reading problem has puzzled medical researchers and parents alike for 100 years. The latest evidence indicates that dyslexic children have trouble breaking words into constituent sounds, which makes it harder for them to connect speech with letters of the alphabet.
Author : Jennifer Smith
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 40,2 MB
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1600376347
A Child Knows More Than You Think Written by a 12 Year Old Child With Dyslexia Jennifer is struggling through school. Kids tease her, teachers question her ability. Her own family doesn't even understand her. Listen to her story as she tells it in her own words. Learn how she struggles from being different from her peers, how she reacted when she finally found out why, and how she overcame the trials dyslexia brought into her life. Parents, teachers, tutors, and family members will benefit from the lessons in this remarkable story. “I Have Dyslexia: This Does Not Define Who I Am!” Jennifer Smith For the one in every five children who has dyslexia and the millions of other’s who struggle to read at their own grade levels and for their parents, teachers, tutors, families and friends.
Author : Philip Schultz
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 35,80 MB
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0393083500
“A success story . . . proof that one can rise above the disease and defy its so-called limitations on the brain.”—Daily Beast Despite winning the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2008, Philip Schultz could never shake the feeling of being exiled to the "dummy class" in school, where he was largely ignored by his teachers and peers and not expected to succeed. Not until many years later, when his oldest son was diagnosed with dyslexia, did Schultz realize that he suffered from the same condition. In his moving memoir, Schultz traces his difficult childhood and his new understanding of his early years. In doing so, he shows how a boy who did not learn to read until he was eleven went on to become a prize-winning poet by sheer force of determination. His balancing act—life as a member of a family with not one but two dyslexics, countered by his intellectual and creative successes as a writer—reveals an inspiring story of the strengths of the human mind.
Author : Beve Hornsby
Publisher : Random House
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 22,8 MB
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1446489779
Dyslexia is a common diagnosable condition that is estimated to affect at least one child in ten. In its most usual form it is manifested as a difficulty in learning to read and write, but it is widely misunderstood and often mistaken for low intelligence or even laziness. Dr Beve Hornsby combines her experience as a psychologist, teacher and speech therapist in this informative and reassuring book for parents and teachers of children suffering from a disability no-one can see or understand, and offers advice on how to identify, tackle and eventually overcome dyslexia. Includes up-to-date information on Attention Deficit Disorder and the relevance of the latest Education Act.
Author : Dale R. Jordan
Publisher : Pro-Ed
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 36,12 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Medical
ISBN :
Reviews the history and current knowledge of dyslexia and learning disabilities in everyday language, for diagnosticians, classroom teachers, counselors, and parents. Coverage includes strategies for recognizing and overcoming visual and auditory dyslexia and dysgraphia, developing self-confidence, and advances in improved physical and mental health care for those with dyslexia. Includes sources of instructional materials, helpful organizations, and diagnostic checklists. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Helen Irlen
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 48,12 MB
Release : 2005-07-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780399531569
This new edition of Reading by the Colors includes significant breakthroughs and new applications for use with the Irlen Method to aid in the treatment of reading disabilities.
Author : Tracey Wood
Publisher : For Dummies
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 14,58 MB
Release : 2012-01-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780470741320
Dyslexia is a sensitive issue that can be difficult to identify and understand, and even trickier to cope with - but it needn’t be something you or your child have to go through alone. Suitable for anxious parents, curious youngsters and adult sufferers alike, this book offers friendly, down-to-earth advice on recognising the signs and symptoms of dyslexia and understanding the best management methods and avenues of support. Understanding & Managing Dyslexia For Dummies covers: Figuring Out What Dyslexia Is All About Determining When to Get a Diagnosis Exploring Your Options for Schools and Programmes Taking Part in Your Child’s Teaching Programme Moving Beyond the Childhood Years About the author Katrina Cochrane began working for Dyslexia Action in 1999 and now delivers courses in dyslexia training and assesses and teaches both children and adults with dyslexia. Tracey Wood is a children’s reading specialist, and the author of several For Dummies books. She has a Masters Degree in Education.
