Turnabout Children: Overcoming Dyslexia and Other Learning DisabilitiesGifted writer and therapist Mary MacCracken offers a heartwarming chronicle of her private practice with learning-disabled children. A professor of learning disabilities calls it, "A classic"... and must reading for anyone who has a child with dyslexia or other disorders. The book won the l986 AmericanHealth Book Award. |
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Page 104
... Picture Completion subtest , Ben spotted the missing detail of a picture instantly , but then fumbled for the word to describe it , calling the knob on a bureau a " button thing " and pointing to the missing strap of a watch and calling ...
... Picture Completion subtest , Ben spotted the missing detail of a picture instantly , but then fumbled for the word to describe it , calling the knob on a bureau a " button thing " and pointing to the missing strap of a watch and calling ...
Page 124
... picture . See , this is the new speedboat . Dad got it last summer , and that's him driving . 99 The same dark intense man I had seen in the car was again leaning intently over a wheel . " I didn't bring a picture of Mom because I knew ...
... picture . See , this is the new speedboat . Dad got it last summer , and that's him driving . 99 The same dark intense man I had seen in the car was again leaning intently over a wheel . " I didn't bring a picture of Mom because I knew ...
Page 127
... picture of him just like that . I stood up and got my Polaroid and said , " Tell me some more , " and snapped a picture as he talked . I always take a picture of each child I see , to help me remember . Many children come back years ...
... picture of him just like that . I stood up and got my Polaroid and said , " Tell me some more , " and snapped a picture as he talked . I always take a picture of each child I see , to help me remember . Many children come back years ...
Common terms and phrases
Alice Alice's answer Anyway asked audiologist auditory baby Ben's Bergenfield better Billy called chair Charlie Charlie's child chips desk doll door dyscalculia dysgraphia dyslexia dyslexic Eric Eric's eyes feel front going grade Grandpa guess hair Hammond hand hard head homework intelligence Jack Renner Jamaica Kincaid Jason Jim Hammond Joey Joey's kids knew Kroner learning disabilities looked loved MacCracken Madden Martin math mean minutes mother neural development neurologist never nodded Okay Oldenburg paper parents Phil picture problems psychologist Ralph Aylesworth remember Russell Baker scores session shrugged smiled sound spelling Stone subtest sure talk Tara teacher tell there's things thought told took Tortoni trouble tufted titmouse turned visual Volpe waited walked watch week what's WISC-R words write Yeah