Sally Shaywitz

"Sally Shaywitz, M.D., is Professor of Pediatrics at the Yale University School of Medicine and co-director of the Yale Center for the Study of Learning and Attention. A member of the National Reading Panel and the Institute of Medicine of the Academy of Sciences, and chosen as one of America's Top Doctors by Castle Connolly, she lectures regularly throughout the country and has appeared on CNN, 'Good Morning America' and 'The Today Show.'" Source: The book's back cover. In a starred review, the reviewer for "Publishers Weekly," said of this book, "Shaywitz's groundbreaking work builds an important bridge from the laboratory to the home and classroom."… (mais)