From one of the worlds preeminent experts on reading and dyslexia the most comprehensive uptodate and practical book available on identifying understanding and overcoming reading problemsnow revised to reflect the latest research and evidencebased approaches. Dyslexia is the most common learning disorder on the planet affecting about one in five individuals regardless of age or gender. Now a worldrenowned expert gives us a substantially updated and augmented edition of her classic work drawing on an additional fifteen years of cuttingedge 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 coimplications of anxiety ADHD and dyslexia and dyslexia in postmenopausal women Extensively updated information on helping both dyslexic children and adults become better readers with a detailed home program to enhance reading Evidencebased 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 childs selfesteem and reveal her strengths Stories of successful men women and young adults who are dyslexic show more