dyslexic children

A comprehensive guide to learning impairments that connects the latest brain research with strategies to help teachers identify and cope with the most common learning disorders.

Explains a range of learning disorders, including ADHD, dyslexia, and Asperger's syndrome, and examines ways of identifying problems early and taking appropriate remedial action at home, at school, and in the community.

Discusses a learning disability of approximately one in every ten people, including Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, and how to cope with it.

A therapist tells the individual stories of boys and girls with dyslexia, dysgraphia, or dyscalculia she has worked with.

Provides a first-hand account of the problems encountered by students with dyslexia; discusses the extraordinary creative abilities and talents that can go hand-in-hand with dyslexic syndrome; and outlines the author's program for overcoming the difficulties of dyslexia.