Summary: Produced with the purpose of alleviating the stigma associated with dyslexia, The big picture features the testimony of individuals from various backgrounds diagnosed with dyslexia (including investment advisor Charles Schwab and billionaire Richard Branson) describing how they learned to live with and overcome their disability. Medical experts explain the neurological causes of the condition.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BIG1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 616.8 BIG
Mazzetti, Gina
Summary: Dyslexia has affected many generations of Gina's family. After analyzing the experiences and learning patterns of her grandmother and several other family members, Gina has discovered ways to survive this disability. This book looks at the symptoms, behaviors, and effects of dyslexia and is handy for those experiencing this disability. However, it is also most helpful for anyone who parents,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: AuthorHouse 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 MAZEide, Brock
Summary: "In this revolutionary book, the Eides use new brain science and their expertise in neurology and learning disorders to explain how individuals with dyslexia not only perceive the written word differently but also conceive space more intuitively, see connections between unrelated objects, and are able to make great leaps creatively that others simply miss. Presenting a variety of case studies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hudson Street Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 EID1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 616.8 EID
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 EIDDavis, Ronald D. (Ronald Dell)
Summary: This book outlines a unique and revolutionary program with a phenomenally high success rate in helping dyslexics learn to read and to overcome other difficulties associated with it. This new edition is expanded to include new teaching techniques and revised throughout with up-to-date information on research, studies, and contacts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.9144 DAVSandman-Hurley, Kelli
Summary: "This book shares interviews and insights from adults with dyslexia, sharing the obstacles they have faced in life and the things that helped them overcome them. Based on lived experience, these accounts provide practical tips and advice for those supporting young people with dyslexia and those who have been recently diagnosed"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 SANPeterson, Marci
Summary: Learn how to thrive with dyslexia as an adult. No matter when you're diagnosed, living with dyslexia can be a challenge -- but it can also make you a unique and creative thinker. The Dyslexia Guide for Adults helps you boost your confidence with advice for embracing your greatest strengths. With these proven strategies and exercises, you'll learn to understand yourself better as you navigate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 PETReid, Gavin
Summary: "Improve your skills and discover the strengths of your dyslexia, strategies, and exercises for adults. Dyslexia is a continuous, lifelong journey, one that asks you to adapt and grow every day. The Dyslexia Workbook for Adults offers practical tools, techniques, and activities to help you improve your literacy skills, boost your self-esteem, and use your dyslexia as an advantage. Gain a sense...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 REIRusick, Jessica
Summary: "In this title, readers learn common symptoms and behaviors of dyslexia and how it affects kids at school and in relationships. Text includes suggestions on how to be a kind and respectful friend to someone who has dyslexia and appropriate activities kids can enjoy together. A famous person who has overcome the challenges of dyslexia is highlighted."--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 371.914 RUSShaywitz, Sally E.
Summary: "From one of the world's leading experts on reading and dyslexia comes the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical book yet to help one understand, identify, and overcome the reading problems that plague American children today. For the one in every five children who has dyslexia and the millions of others who struggle to read at their own grade levels--as well as for their parents,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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Summary: "Learn to Read for Kids with Dyslexia is the definitive activity workbook to improve phonemic awareness, dysgraphia, and auditory processing disorder (APD) for kids ages 7-12. For kids with an official dyslexia diagnosis, or kids struggling with dyslexia related symptoms, learning to read can be challenging. Using a targeted approach to skill development, Learn to Read for Kids with Dyslexia...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zephyros Press 2018
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Summary: Jennifer is struggling through school. Kids tease her, teachers question her ability. Her own family doesn't even understand her. Listen to her story as she tells it in her own words. Learn how she struggles from being different from her peers, how she reacted when she finally found out why, and how she overcame the trials dyslexia brought into her life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan James Publishing 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 616.8 SMISquire, Ann
Summary: "Learn all about dyslexia, from what causes it and how it affects people to how it is diagnosed and treated."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2017
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Summary: "An updated edition of Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide's popular dyslexia book with a wealth of new material and improved dyslexic-friendly font"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2023
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Summary: An easy to understand guide to methods and combinations of therapies available to help children conquer dyslexia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square One Pub 2013
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 618.92855 BOOWinn, Don M.
Summary: Keyed to current, cutting edge research, this user-friendly guide provides detailed assistance to parents and educators who want to help dyslexic children achieve their best life. Topics include signs of dyslexia parents can watch for at various ages, symptoms that warrant diagnosis by a professional, what to expect during the testing process, tips on working with the school to create an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cardboard Box Adventures Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 WINDavis, Ronald D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Pub. Group 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.9144 DAVFoss, Ben.
Summary: "Finally, a groundbreaking book that reveals what your dyslexic child is experiencing--and what you can do so that he or she can thrive More than thirty million people in the United States are dyslexic--a brain-based genetic trait, often labeled as a "learning disability" or "learning difference," that makes interpreting text and reading difficult. Yet even though children with dyslexia may...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 618 FOSWood, Tracey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parents WoodLevinson, Harold N.
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Publisher / Publication Date: M. Evans & Co. 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.9144 LEVMoody, Sylvia
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vermilion 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.595 MOOSummary: John Read fights to make it through the 5th grade, battling a teacher who thinks he's lazy and a bully who constantly mocks him. John's mother takes matters into her own hands and researches the root of the problem, finding that John is dyslexic.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Starlight Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BADShaywitz, Sally E.
Summary: One in five American children has trouble reading. In Overcoming Dyslexia, information about reading problems and proven, practical techniques that, along with hard work and the right help, can enable anyone to overcome them is offered. Here are the tools that parents and teachers need to help the dyslexic child, age by age, grade by grade, step by step.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 371.91 SHAMcLemore, Anna-Marie.
Summary: "In this young adult novel by award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore, two non-binary teens are pulled into a magical world under a lake - but can they keep their worlds above water intact? Everyone who lives near the lake knows the stories about the world underneath it, an ethereal landscape rumored to be half-air, half-water. But Bastián Silvano and Lore Garcia are the only ones who've been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCLSilverstein, Alvin.
Summary: "Find out what dyslexia is, how it is diagnosed, and how it is treated"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers, Inc. 2014