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

萨莉·施威茨（Sally Shaywitz, M.D.）神经科学家，耶鲁大学医学院儿科教授，耶鲁学习与注意研究中心联合主任。 美国国家科学院医学研究所成员，美国阅读委员会成员。《科学美国人》和《纽约时报》供稿专家，主流媒体CNN、《今日秀》特约嘉宾。