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Overcoming

Dyslexia

FOR

DUMmIES

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by Tracey Wood, MEd

Overcoming Dyslexia For Dummies ®

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About the Author

Tracey Wood was born in England. She went to teachers college in Leeds and

graduated with an honors degree in psychology and education. She taught in

a special school for four years and loved it. But sunnier climes called, and

she left England for a backpacking vacation in Australia. Twelve years later

she was still enjoying the warmth of Australia but had traded her backpack

for a husband and two kids.

In Australia, Tracey earned a diploma in special education and a master’s

degree in education. For several years she ran a high school special educa-

tion unit and then started her own reading clinic. In the 1990s Tracey moved

(with her husband’s job) to the San Francisco Bay area. She ran a reading and

writing clinic; helped in her kids’ school; led two scouting troops; instructed

for the Red Cross; created her Web site, ReadingPains.com; and wrote her

first book, See Johnny Read! The 5 Most Effective Ways To End Your Son’s

Reading Problems.

Still on the move, Tracey relocated to Toronto and wrote her second and

third books, Teaching Kids to Read For Dummies and Teaching Kids to Spell

For Dummies. While writing Overcoming Dyslexia For Dummies, she relocated

again, to Boston.

Tracey is a literacy consultant and public speaker. She writes articles for

magazines like Big Apple Parent and Teachers of Vision , has appeared

on Access Help TV and national radio shows like Parent’s Journal and

The Parent’s Report, and is committed to steering (albeit unsteadily) her

two children through childhood with all their limbs and faculties intact.

Dedication

My gorgeous girls: I know you didn’t get a choice, but thanks anyway for putting

up with the moods that I blame on artistic temperament, the stories that I tell

with artistic license, and my unreliable cooking. Pretty much everything I do

feels better because of you and is dedicated to you (both of you, equally! ).

Author’s Acknowledgments

They say it takes a village to raise a child, and in my opinion, much the same

is true of bringing a book into being. My village is small, but the hearts and

talent in it are big:

David Futterman, a university instructor, high school teacher, educational

therapist, and active member of the International Dyslexia Association,

has experience and qualifications galore in dyslexia. He’s also very nice.

Thank you a zillionfold, David, for being my right-hand man with this book.

Hope you enjoyed the view.

As well as answering every one of my questions and finding plenty of my

mistakes, David introduced me to Kathy Futterman, who took time out of

her busy teaching and parenting schedule to road-test some products for me.

Kathy, I so appreciated your help!

As I wrote this book, several things happened: School vacation came around,

landing me with two noisy, easily bored, and frequently hungry kids; I painted,

plastered, scrubbed, and finally sold a house; and I bought a new house a whole

ten-hour drive away. Over those months, a few stalwart friends painted and

scraped with me, lured me from my computer to party and gamble (now I’ve

exposed you to the world!) and whisked my children off at opportune times

when I didn’t care where or for how long. Valarie Cowton, Kelly Borden, and

Phyllis Perry, you’re the best!

And last but never least, Therese Hughes, Frances Faflik, and Liam O’Connor.

Thanks for always being on the sidelines.

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

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Acquisitions, Editorial, and

Media Development

Project Editor: Georgette Beatty

Acquisitions Editor: Tracy Boggier

Senior Copy Editor: Tina Sims

Technical Editor: Susan Tarascio,

Dyslexia Institutes of America

Editorial Manager: Michelle Hacker

Editorial Assistants: Hanna Scott, Nadine Bell

Cartoons: Rich Tennant ( www.the5thwave.com )

Composition Services

Project Coordinator: Kathryn Shanks

Layout and Graphics: Denny Hager,

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Barry Offringa, Heather Ryan

Proofreaders: Leeann Harney, Charles Spencer,

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