Michelle Coleman

Conquering Dyslexia: The Road to Succeeding in Life with the Learning Disability Michelle Coleman

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 ten 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 first edition also offers: Stories of successful men, women, and young adults who are dyslexicExercises to help children strengthen the brain areas that control readingEvidence-based universal screening for dyslexia as early as kindergarten and first grade - why and how