Reading Issues/Dyslexia

Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz

Dr. Shaywitz demystifies the subject of reading difficulties and explains how a child can be helped to become a good reader. This book is appropriate for children and adults with reading problems and provides exactly what should be known about diagnosis, programs and accommodations.

 

The Gift of Dyslexia by Ron Davis

Davis presents dyslexia in a different light.  He provides some alternative yet practical strategies for teaching reading.

 

The Multiple Intelligence of Reading and Writing: Making the Words Come Alive by Thomas Armstrong

Armstrong shows how involving the other seven intelligences-logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalistic-will help students acquire reading and writing skills, especially those students who are not particularly strong in linguistic intelligence.

 

Reading by the Colors by Helen Irlen

Irlen's fascinating book on scotopic sensitivity syndrome or the Irlen Syndrome reveals how Helen Irlen discovered the syndrome and how the syndrome manifests itself.