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Shaywitz is an elected member of the national academy of medicine and is regularly selected as one of the best doctors in america. A new and complete sciencebased program for reading problems at any level by sally shaywitz at indigo. D from one of the worlds leading experts on reading and dyslexia comes the most comprehensive, uptodate, and practical book yet to help one understand, identify, and overcome the reading problems that plague american children today. Shaywitz is a professor of pediatric neurology at yale university. Apr 01, 2003 one in five american children has trouble reading. Ratner professor in learning development at the yale university school of medicine, is the codirector of the. Sally and bennett shaywitz from yale demystify dyslexia by using neuroscience to explain why dyslexia occurs, how remediation helps, and what strengths go along with this brainbased learning difference. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
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