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• Dyslexia. A Beginner's Guide - Winston Churchill, Andy Warhol, Walt Disney, Tom Cruise, Agatha Christie, Pablo Picasso are all famous and successful in their chosen professions. All are dyslexic. Around 5 to 15 per cent of speakers of alphabetic languages (e.g. English, French and Spanish) are dyslexic; around 4 per cent severely so.
  But what is dyslexia? Are there different types of dyslexia? Is it more likely to occur in boys than in girls? Is there a cure? What resources are available to help dyslexic children and adults?
  Nicola Brunswick answers these, and other, questions informed by current thinking and cutting-edge research. This title includes chapters on the causes and symptoms of dyslexia, the importance of sound and vision to reading, the incidence and manifestation of dyslexia across alphabetic and non-alphabetic languages, and lists of dedicated dyslexia resources - support associations, websites, and assistive technology.
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• Introduction to Dyslexia for Parents and Professionals - practical guide providing basic need-to-know information for parents and professionals and answers frequently asked questions about dyslexia. Using illustrative case studies, Hultquist addresses many of the issues surrounding dyslexia, including possible causes and subtypes, means of testing, remediation and the controversial matter of repeating a school year (in some countries). He identifies possible methods of classroom accommodation for dyslexic students in a range of subject areas.
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• Dyslexia - a Complete Guide for Parents
  Parents with a dyslexic child have only had professional references to turn to for much–needed advice–until now. The first guide written expressly for parents, Dyslexia: A Complete Guide for Parents provides the unique insights of a noted educational psychologist on what sort of supportive role parents can play in the life of their dyslexic child. The book includes a description of dyslexia, how it’s identified and assessed, examples of different approaches parents can adopt, and a range of useful resources.
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• What is Dyslexia?
  - designed to help adults explain dyslexia to children.The author provides information about all the most common types of dyslexia: trouble with sounds, trouble remembering how letters and words look, trouble finding words, and mixed dyslexia. He deals with the basic facts and adopts a style which is accessible to children without talking down to them. This book includes clear examples which children will be able to understand, as well as activities for parents to do with their children. The author emphasises that everyone has strengths and weaknesses and that having dyslexia is okay.This book will be valuable for parents of children with dyslexia, as well as other adults working with children with dyslexia. 
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• Dyslexia - a Parents' Survival Guide
  By Christine Ostler - a slim, but practical and down-to-earth 'survival' guide, which gives advice and suggestions for parents who find bringing up a dyslexic child both frustrating and worrying. Strategies are suggested for coping in a positive way with the problems of the dyslexic at home and at school.
  - "This book is a fantastic read and highly educating! As a parent of a child with dyslexia, it's constantly about 'spelling', 'reading', 'numeracy' etc. This book is written by a dyslexia teacher who has dyslexia and whoes son has dyslexia, which adds a definite 'been there' feel.
  It's also written in a humourous way and suggests strategies that can be used at home to aid in the management of dyslexia as well as ways to read with your child.
  This book highlights those areas that you don't usually think are related to dyslexia (as well as addressing the usual) and since reading it, I feel a little guilty about the times when I have become frustrated with my son re: his disorganisation etc and for example, it take 10mins before we leave the house after telling him it's time to go!
  It should be renamed Dyslexia:A Bible for Parents! Thank you Christine Ostler!" (Clair)
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• Overcoming Dyslexia for Dummies - How to spot the signs and get the proper treatment. This friendly guide shows parents how to identify the signs of dyslexia, choose among dyslexia treatment options, and find an individualized education program for their child. They'll also find practical tips on assisting with homework, helping a child build self-esteem, and easing the transition to high school and college.
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• The Dyslexia Checklist - a valuable guide for parents and teachers that can help them better understand children and teenagers with dyslexia and other reading- and language- based disabilities. The book relays the most current research available and is filled with practical strategies, supports, and interventions. Using these tools teachers and parents can accommodate the needs and strengthen the skills of students with reading and writing disabilities across all age levels. The book is presented in a simple, concise, easy-to-read checklist format and is filled with useful advice and information on a wide range of topics.
  * Explains what we now know about dyslexia from decades of research
  * Contains games to strengthen a child′s literacy and language skills
  * Provides important information for hooking in reluctant and struggling readers
  * Offers suggestions for enhancing skills in vocabulary, comprehension, composition and written expression, spelling, math, and more.
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• DIY Readers' Support Pack for Parents - Developed by the UK Dyslexia Action for parents to help children who are beginning to read and those who continue to struggle. The pack offers a balanced approach to learning to read, comprising: a series of structured exercises to establish sound to letter links and early sound blending a range of activities for practicing and extending reading skills using books from home and school. The pack comes complete with a 25-minute explanation video and a 52-page booklet containing a series of timed exercises and activities (stopwatch included) together with guidance for parents. Also included is a special set of 144 cards incorporating picture alphabet cards,upper and lower case cards, vowel and short word ending cards. "Highly recommended" - John Bradford. (UK primarily)
  
  

• Gavin Reid's website - informative website by the author of many valuable books on dyslexia, with a range of printable articles.
  Dr. Gavin Reid is a consultant to the Centre for Child Evaluation and Teaching based in Kuwait. He is also educational psychologist to REACH Learning Center in North Vancouver, Canada and a director and consultant to the Red Rose School for children with specific learning difficulties in St. Annes on Sea, Lancashire. He was a senior lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies, Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh from 1991-2007.
  He currently has 21 books in print in the area of teacher education in the field of dyslexia, literacy learning styles and motivation and wrote and developed the first Masters course in Specific Learning Difficulties in the UK in 1993. Many of his books are used as course texts in courses throughout the UK and in many other countries.
  
  

• How to Reach and Teach Children and Teens with Dyslexia by Cynthia Stowe - comprehensive, practical resource giving educators at all levels essential information, techniques, and tools for understanding dyslexia and adapting teaching methods in all subject areas. Over 50 full-page activity sheets that can be photocopied for immediate use and interviews with students and adults who have had personal experience with dyslexia. Organized into twenty sections, information covers everything from ten principles of instruction to teaching reading, handwriting, spelling, writing, math, everyday skills, and even covers the adult with dyslexia.
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• Overcoming Dyslexia - Yale neuroscientist Sally Shaywitz demystifies the roots of dyslexia and offers parents and educators hope that children with reading problems can be helped. Shaywitz delves deeply into how dyslexia occurs, explaining that magnetic resonance imaging has helped scientists trace the disability to a weakness in the language system at the phonological level. According to Shaywitz, science now has clear evidence that the brain of the dyslexic reader is activated in a different area than that of the non-impaired reader. Interestingly, the dyslexic reader may be strong in reasoning, problem solving and critical thinking, but invariably lacks phonemic awareness-the ability to break words apart into distinct sounds-which is critical in order to crack the reading code. The good news, Shaywitz claims, is that with the use of effective training programs, the brain can be rewired and dyslexic children can learn to read. She walks parents through ways to help children develop phonemic awareness, become fluent readers, and exercise the area of the brain essential for reading success.
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• How to Teach your Dyslexic Child to Read - by Bernice H. Baumer. Both parents and teachers can learn how to structure lessons in order to connect with a dyslexic child. This book uses accessible terms along with charts, graphics, and lesson plans. It is broken down into three functional sections: a discussion of learning disabilities; an explanation of how to teach the dyslexic to read, step by step from kindergarten through the first, second and third grades (giving detailed instructions for teaching phonics, spelling, and syllabication); and a section devoted to pictures, charts, and word lists that are an integral part of tutoring the child.')
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• The Dyslexic Scholar: Helping your Child Succeed in the School System - by Kathleen Nosek. If you are looking for a book that explains dyslexia and how to cut through the red tape at school, this is the book. I finally found some answers to my questions about dyslexia and what I need to do to get my child help. Ms. Nosek's book is very parent friendly. She gives you wonderful advice in a step by step fashion. I found the most useful part of the book to be the section on the federal laws (she gives you the public law number) that the schools must obey. I finally know what my rights are! You should read this book if you are having any problems getting your child services. I think it would be useful to any parent of a child with a learning disability.(A reader from Newport Beach, California)
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• Practical Strategies for Living with Dyslexia by Maria Chivers - Over the years, many quick-fix approaches to finding a cure for dyslexia have been developed and used. Written by the mother of two dyslexic sons, this work offers an assesment of these "miracle cures", and suggests that early identification of this condition may be the key.
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• Straight Talk About Reading: How Parents Can Make a Difference During the Early Years - 'a guide for educators and parents'. For parents and educators who want to read more in-depth information about dyslexia and the process of reading.
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• The Dyslexia Handbook (UK) - This British Dyslexia Association annual publication is packed with articles on a wide range of topics and is the perfect resource for those with dyslexia, their families and teachers. Whether you want to find out more about managing dyslexia in children and young people or are keen to learn about adult dyslexics in further and higher education, the Handbook includes all this and more..
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• Glue Ear by Lindsay Peer.
  Glue Ear is a common condition among young children but until recently its long-term effects on learning and achievement weren't fully understood. Lindsay Peer's research has found significant links between the condition and dyslexia. As well as helping teachers to understand the potential consequences of temporary hearing loss, this book will be useful for health professionals who may be aware of the medical implications of Glue Ear but not the educational reverberations. Similarly, parents of children who have the condition will appreciate the accessible, jargon-free text and practical, credible ideas.
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