April 2023 MBR The Education Shelf
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The Education Shelf Dyslexia Advocate!, second edition Kelli Sandman-Hurley Jessica Kingsley Publishers www.jkp.com 9781839971709, $19.95 https://www.amazon.com/Dyslexia-Advocate-Within-Public-Education/dp/1839971703 The second edition of Dyslexia Advocate! How to Advocate for a Child with Dyslexia within the Public Education System offers an updated toolbox of lessons about education advocacy processes. This makes it a key recommendation for libraries strong in education, health, and social issues subjects. Kelli Sandman-Hurley focuses on how parents and advocates can understand and apply US laws to obtain the right educational opportunities for a dyslexic child. Case studies and examples cement lessons on techniques that work, helping those unfamiliar with advocacy processes to absorb the strategies, language, and approaches to gaining services and support from the educational system and the legal structures governing it. Libraries should consider Dyslexia Advocate! a key acquisition for any collection strong in education rights issues, dyslexia, or child education advocacy. EDITOR'S NOTE: The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Full permission is given to post any of these reviews on thematically appropriate websites, newsgroups, listserves, internet discussion groups, organizational newsletters, or to interested individuals. Please give the Midwest Book Review a credit line when doing so. The Midwest Book Review publishes the monthly book review magazines "California Bookwatch", "Internet Bookwatch", "Children's Bookwatch", "MBR Bookwatch", "Reviewer's Bookwatch", and "Small Press Bookwatch". All are available for free on the Midwest Book Review website at www (dot) midwestbookreview (dot) com Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to: James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief Midwest Book Review 278 Orchard Drive Oregon, WI 53575-1129 To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price). James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief Midwest Book Review