Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at any Level Sally Shaywitz, M.D. One in five American children has trouble reading. In Overcoming Dyslexia , Dr. 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 enable anyone to overcome them. Here are the tools that parents and teachers need to help the dyslectic child, age by age, grade by grade, step by step. * What dyslexia is and why some intelligent,. Gifted people read slowly and painfully * How to identify dyslexia in preschoolers, schoolchildren, young adults and adults * How to find the best school and how to work productively with your children's teacher * Exercises to help children use the parts of the brain that control reading * A 20-minute nightly home program to enhance reading * The 150 most common problem words - a list that can give your children a head start * Ways to raise and preserve a child's self-esteem and reveal his strengths * Stories of successful men and women who are dyslexic Sally Shaywitz, M.D. is Professor of Pediatrics at the Yale University School of Medicine and codirector of the Yale Center for the Study of learning and Attention. A member of the National Reading Panel and the Institute of Medicine at the Academy of Sciences, and chosen as one of America's Top Doctors by Castle Connoly, she lectures regularly throughout the country and has appeared on CNN, Good Morning America and The Today Show>.