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Finalist for a Books for a Better Life Award A pediatric neuropsychologist presents strategies to help parents of special-needs children navigate the emotional challenges they face. As diagnosis rates continue to rise for autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, and other developmental differences, parents face a maze of medical, psychological, and educational choices – and a great deal of emotional stress. Many books address children’s learning or behavior problems and advise parents what they c...

The first completely comprehensive, practical guide for recognizing, diagnosing, and overcoming any childhood reading difficulty. According to the National Institute of Health, ten million of our nation’s children (approximately 17 percent) have trouble learning to read. While headlines warn about the nation’s reading crisis, Susan Hall (whose son was diagnosed with dyslexia) and Louisa Moats have become crusaders for action. The result of their years of research and personal experie...

As seen on "60 Minutes" -- overcoming dyslexia and other reading disabilities through the Irlen Method.

At the age of thirty, just as everything was falling into place for him, Lee Pesky died of brain cancer. For his father, Alan, grief came with the realization that he had lost the chance to love Lee as he was-not as he wanted him to be. Ambitious, successful, and always striving for more, Alan had a hard time relating to a son who struggled with learning disabilities at a time when there was little understanding or help for kids who had them. Their relationship was complicated, and now, Lee was...

Organized in a step-by-step manner, this handy guidebook maps out a plan and a timeline for applying to college. And to help keep you organized and on-track, Applying to College comes loaded with charts, checklists, and assessments to make your application-centered life easier. In the book, you'll find ways to: assess your strengths and weaknessesanalyze your transcript and GPAplan for standardized testsbuild your portfolioget recommendationsface your essayput together your application\go on int...