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About the author yale neuroscientist shaywitz demystifies the roots of dyslexia a neurologically based reading difficulty affecting one in five children and offers parents and educators hope that children with reading problems can be helped. May 27, 2009 parenting reading, reading disorders, special needs overcoming dyslexia. She has testified before committees in both the senate and the house. New shaywitz dyslexiascreen from pearson designed to support. 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. A new and complete science based program for reading problems at any level by shaywitz, sally e. And i also provide a section called diagnosing dyslexia in the school age child, in the young atrisk. Article january 2003 with 311 reads how we measure reads. The earliest clues can come from listening to a childs spoken language. The federal first step act legislation defines a dyslexia screening program means a screening program for dyslexia that is a evidencebased with proven psychometrics for validity. She is the author of overcoming dyslexia and has published articles in many scientific and popular journals, including nature, journal of the american medical association, scientific american and child.
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