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jenlisy's review against another edition
5.0
A must read for any teacher, administrator, or parent of a dyslexic child!
kmdahlgran's review against another edition
4.0
This book has lots of information about dyslexia--more than 300 pages worth. It's not a light read at all, but is very informative. Anyone who wants to learn more about dyslexia would benefit from reading this book.
fday's review against another edition
2.0
Good general information. A lot of self-aggrandizement related to national panels and studies. Dated resources and specific information. There are a lot of references to the speculated impact of the outcomes of the National Reading Panel, which did not reach the impact that was predicted.
fangirljeanne's review against another edition
4.0
Super informative, but not as useful as I'd hoped it would be for my specific situation. Still an enjoyable and interesting read.
marciay's review against another edition
2.0
I was so excited for a revised copy of this book anticipating that perhaps the author would be integrating research about identifying dyslexia in a student who is learning multiple languages simultaneously or methods for teasing out dyslexia from language acquisition. Instead, she completely ignores that this is a real confounding factor in identifying dyslexia in a large portion of the population. Even after reviewing the research of how dyslexia is found in a wide berth of individuals who speak different languages. She very clearly comes at identifying dyslexia through a medical model wherein identification weighs much heavier on clinical perception than through direct assessment of the individual. Furthermore, she pushes forward very ill-informed opinions as she talks about RTI as if it were a curriculum or instructional method instead of a system of support independent of a chosen curricula. I'm so disappointed by this revision as a practitioner who read this as an attempt to grow my own clinical skills for identifying dyslexia.
lfordham9's review against another edition
3.0
This took me forever to get through. I had a couple issues with this book. 1. I felt like the section on helping older struggling readers was very short compared to the rest of the text. As someone who works with older students now, that left much of the text irrelvant to my needs at this time. 2. Many of the suggestions and the background on how we learn to read were things I had already learned in various trainings throughout my career, so again, no new information. The section on accommodations did give me some new insight and ideas that I hadn't thought of; however, in this case, I feel like I invested a lot of time for a little information.
People who work with younger students or who are just learning about reading disabilites, specifically dyslexia, might find more of the information helpful.
People who work with younger students or who are just learning about reading disabilites, specifically dyslexia, might find more of the information helpful.
rachel_lynn's review against another edition
5.0
Thanks to Shaywitz’s thoroughness, I consider her dissection of dyslexia to be very successful. Her in-depth analysis includes what dyslexia really is by discussing neurology, what dyslexia looks like in the lives of students, and beneficial interventions for reading and general academia. Shaywitz breaks down how and why reading is difficult for people with dyslexia. To be true to the book’s title, she discusses why the best programs for reading difficulties truly work by explaining what a skilled reader is. Overcoming Dyslexia is a wonderful resource for parents and teachers of people with reading struggles, as well as the individual. As someone who as dyslexia, I really appreciate this book, because of its positivity and the solutions it presents.