The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain - Softcover

Eide, Brock

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9781848506398: The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain

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ISBN 10: 1848506392 ISBN 13: 9781848506398

Publisher: Hay House UK, 2011

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What links Winston Churchill, Alan Sugar, Richard Branson, Jamie Oliver, David Bailey, Will Smith and countless other high achievers in a huge range of fields? In this paradigm-shifting book, neuro-learning experts Drs Brock and Fernette Eide describe an exciting new brain science that reveals that people with dyslexia have unique brain structure and organisation. While the differences are responsible for certain challenges with literacy and reading, the dyslexic brain also gives a predisposition to important skills and special talents. While dyslexics typically struggle to decode the written word, they often also excel in such areas of reasoning as mechanical (required for architects and surgeons), interconnected (artists and inventors); narrative (novelists and lawyers), and dynamic (scientists and business pioneers). The Dyslexic Advantage provides the first complete portrait of dyslexia. With much-needed prescriptive advice for parents, educators and dyslexics, The Dyslexic Advantage provides the first complete portrait of dyslexia. Supporting their claims with groundbreaking science and interviews with successful dyslexics and innovative teachers, the authors of this essential book show how the unique strengths of dyslexia can be captured for success at home, at school and at work.

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The Dyslexic Advantage shows you how to celebrate rather than suffer from your dyslexia. Children don t need to sit at the back of the class, panicking; they can learn to excel. --The Times

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The Dyslexic Advantage shows you how to celebrate rather than suffer from your dyslexia. Children don t need to sit at the back of the class, panicking; they can learn to excel. --The Times

"Probably the most helpful material ever published on dyslexia..." - Manuel Casanova MD, Gottfried and Gisela Kolb Professor of Psychiatry

"A compelling call to action." - Scientific American Mind

"I recommend it highly!" -Thomas Armstrong PhD, The Power of Neurodiversity

"Required reading for parents, teachers, dyslexics, anyone with an interest in the enigma of dyslexia..." - Angela Fawcett, Emeritus professor, Swansea University

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