Michael is eight. He is healthy, energetic, and his parents say he is "always on the go". But Michael's problems have been piling up at school -- his writing is illegible and his attention span is short. Yet when a psychologist tested Michael's I.Q., it proved to be within the normal range.

This book is about the problems of intelligent children such as Angela and Michael, who struggle to learn yet always seem to come up short. Dr. Selikowitz has written a clear and sympathetic guide to the difficulties parents and teachers need to surmount when they are faced with a dyslexic child. The author deals with traditional academic areas such as reading, spelling, and arithmetic, but also looks into less known conditions such as clumsiness, social unease, and hyperactivity. He focuses on information that is of practical use to parents in understanding their children's difficulties. This new edition is fully up-to-date, incorporating the newest research on dyslexia and associated disorders.