Reversing Dyslexia : : Improving Learning & Behavior Without Drugs

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Getting to the roots of dyslexia -- Determining dyslexia -- The divided brain -- Rewiring the brain -- The importance of nutrition -- Brain boosters -- Schooling, tutoring, and extracurricular activities.
Most people do not realize that dyslexia is more than just a reading problem. It is often accompanied by social, psychological, and even physical issues that can make many everyday tasks seem unmanageable. Whether you suffer from dyslexia yourself or are the parent of a dyslexic child, dealing with the overall challenges of this learning disorder can be overwhelming. Unfortunately, mainstream treatment focuses mainly on compensatory techniques and workarounds, not a cure, leaving dyslexics feeling hopeless and stuck. In her new book, Dr. Phyllis Books offers a new approach to dyslexia and a convincing reason to hope again. Drawing upon her vast experience and a wealth of scientific research, she declares that dyslexia can actually be reversed in a large number of cases.

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Save your time and go read something else submitted by mgsobo on July 25, 2021, 10:36am This book positions itself (from the outset) as based in complementary/alternative approaches and is explicitly anti-medication. I find this stance somewhat amusing, as dyslexia itself is not a condition that can be addressed with medication!! That said, many kids with dyslexia also have co-occurring challenges that often get medicated, so the author's stance has some basis in reality.

The information is low-level and wide ranging, mostly focusing on co-occurring conditions rather than specific features of dyslexia. The information on each co-occurring condition is so brief as to be useful only to parents completely unaware of those other possibilities. There's an overview of different approaches to treating dyslexia, which consists of a mix of well-regarded interventions, individual entrepreneurs' for-profit systems, and omits Orton-Gillingham (which seems to be the best-researched intervention for dyslexia).

Although this book isn't positioned as a sales pitch, the author offers a link to her own online program for sale. Unless you've already bought in to chiropractic or avoiding sugar as a dyslexia treatment, this isn't the book for you. And if you are a true believer of either of those approaches, you probably already know more on the topic than this book includes.