"Overcoming Dyslexia" Latest Release
Updated: May 1, 2020
From one of the world's preeminent experts on reading and dyslexia, and PCS board member, the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical book available on identifying, understanding, and overcoming reading problems--now revised to reflect the latest research and evidence-based approaches.
Dr Shaywitz comments, "Park Century cares deeply and constantly pushes forward to ensure that each dyslexic student there is receiving the specific instruction needed. In its head, Judith Fuller, the school is led by an individual who has the compassion, knowledge, and commitment to dyslexic students to make a positive difference."
Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D. is the Audrey G. Ratner Professor in Learning Development at the Yale University School of Medicine and, together with Bennett A. Shaywitz, M.D., the Charles and Helen Schwab Professor in Dyslexia and Learning Development and the co-founder and Co-Director of the Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity. A physician-scientist, Dr. Shaywitz carries out brain imaging, cognitive and longitudinal studies of reading and dyslexia. She consults on children and adults who are dyslexic and with schools and educators on issues relating to diagnosis, interventions and accommodations for students who are dyslexic. She is passionately dedicated to ensuring that scientific progress is translated into policy and practice.