Turnabout Children: Overcoming Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities - Softcover

MacCracken, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451158768 ISBN 13: 9780451158765

Publisher: Berkley, 1987

Synopsis

Introduces five learning disabled children; discusses dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia; and shows how gifted teachers can help learning disabled children

About this title

About the Author:

Mary MacCracken is a learning disabilities specialist and the author of four bestselling memoirs. She was first published in the 1970s/80s. Mary is now retired and lives in New Jersey, but she is still passionate about sharing her amazing stories and experiences.

From Publishers Weekly:

MacCracken (City Kid; Lovey, a Very Special Child, a learning-disabilities therapist in New Jersey, personalizes the torments endured by many schoolchildren and their parents. According to statistics, one of every five students today has difficulty in some area of learning. The boys and girls who come to MacCracken for evaluation and tutoring are physically indistinguishable from their peers; many are intellectually superior yet unable to meet school and social norms in skills of reading, writing and calculating. Through the portraits of children she has treated, MacCracken shows what makes them bloom; in one case, even a dyslexic parent is helped. Explaining her profession in lay terms, the author indicates that her mission is not only remediation but guiding children to "become successful in their place of workschooland to improve the quality of their lives." Teachers and parents will enjoy and benefit from this sharing. First serial to McCall's.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0451158768
• ISBN 13: 9780451158765
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 256