The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Dyslexia: All You Need To Ensure Your Child's Success (Everything: Parenting and Family)
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Binding: Paperback Release Date: September 2004 List Price:$14.95
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ISBN-13: 9781593371357 ISBN-10: 1593371357 Author: Abigail Marshall Publisher: Adams Media
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Although dyslexia affects 10 to 15 percent of the U.S. population, only 5 out of every 100 dyslexics are recognized and receive assistance. If you're the parent of a child with dyslexia, this statistic can be disconcerting, especially when it comes to your child's academic performance and developing social skills. The Everything(r) Parent's Guide to Children with Dyslexia, by Abigail Marshall gives you a complete understanding of what dyslexia is, how to identify the signs, and what you can do to help your child. This authoritative book seeks to alert parents to the special needs associated with this learning disability and offers practical suggestions for getting involved in the classroom.
The Everything(r) Parent's Guide to Children with Dyslexia shows you how to:
Select the right treatment programs for your child
Secure an IEP
Choose a school and reduce homework struggles
Develop your child's skills with the use of assistive technology
Maintain open communication and offer support
The Everything(r) Parent's Guide to Children with Dyslexia is your first step in facing the challenges of dyslexia with a positive attitude.
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The Everything Parents Guide to Children with Dyslexia (All you need to ensure your child's success)
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After my 8 year old granddaughter was diagnosed with Dyslexia, we have researched and read as much as possible on the subject. This book opened our eyes to understanding dyslexia. We learned what to expect from teachers, administrators, and tutors as well as how she processes information in her ability to learn and communicate. Our granddaughter has experienced frustration and low self esteem issues that go along with this learning disability and this book gave us more insight as how to deal with all the issues surrounding dyslexia better than other books we had reviewed.
Gentle, Easy Starter!!
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I love this book!!! I have a dyslexic child and a home library of books the haved helped me along the way. I found this book later in my plight and could have saved alot of money if I had it first. It is informative, easy to read, helpful, and hopeful with real world suggestions. Definitely a keeper. I still refer to it when I get frustrated. It is a book I use to talk with my child about her problems. Yes there are other books with great suggestions but this is the best starter out there!!!
A clear path through the LD maze...
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Abigail Marshall clearly and concisely guides parents through the LD maze. This book addresses all aspects of dyslexia, the various methods for teaching dyslexics...how and why they work, or don't...All the things a parent wished their IEP team had told them, but didn't.
For any parent reeling from a meeting with educators, this is a must read!
The Gift of Dyslexia The Gift of Learning
A Must for Parents Who Suspect Their Child is Dyslexic
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This book outlines valuable information that I have not found in other L.D. handbooks (such as the advantages of Omega 3 fish supplements in your child's diet), yet it's a quick read. If one is to buy only one book on L.D./dyslexia, buy this book.
THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL BOOK!
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There was nothing in this book that I wasn't satisfied with. Your book is wonderful! I really mean that. It was very informative,insightful,helpful,and most of all - it helped me easily identify with it. After all, I am Dyslexic. I have always been Dyslexic,and I will always will be Dyslexic. I felt like I was reading all about myself in your book. I am glad that you pointed out that Dyslexics can be able to sound out words and spell well but they often have problems with nonsense words and also comprehension. I also liked that you mentioned the possibility that Dyslexic symptoms can lead to misdiagnosis of disorders like ADD. I don't even know if I have inattentive type ADHD that I was diagnosed last year at the age of 32 years old. My Dyslexic symptoms can easily can account for the inattentive type ADHD. I have been paying more attention to how I write. I noticed that when I was beginning to write the word, diaphragm, I wrote a b instead of a d. I have read ground as brounds and an as no. It's like my Dyslexia hasn't really gone away.
I took the Nelson Denny reading test when I got assessed for learning disability. I scored 49th percentile on the reading comprehension, but there were things on that test that I have read about in the past. There were things on Carl Jung and Homer. Carl Jung's psychology is something that really interests me. He believed in the metaphysical and was seen as a mystic. I knew about Homer. I read the Iliad as a kid. I loved reading about the Trojan War. I just loved mythology because it was great for my unharnessed imagination which you noted in people labeled ADD. I was like the posterboy for ADD. If there were no things on that test that I never read before, I would have scored well below the 30th percentile,and I would have qualified as having a reading disorder. I was never given a nonsense word reading test which is used to measure decoding ability and diagose Dyslexia. The psychologist told me that I didn't have Dyslexia. I had most of the symptoms of Dyslexia as a child. Maybe I did have problems with reversing letters as a child. It's hard for me to remember. 3 years of special education could have helped correct my Dyslexia.
I really enjoyed reading your book. You've helped me realize that I am Dyslexic. There is no doubt in my mind that I am Dyslexic. I know that my children will be Dyslexic if their mother happens to be Dyslexic like me. I will do whatever I can to get their Dyslexia treated. They will be given the help,tools,love,and care to help them succeed in life. I feel that this was something that I never really had when I was a child. I blame nobody for that. I was held back a year because of immaturity which you noted could happen to kids with Dyslexia. I did feel more stupid because of that. My mother didn't know anybody. She didn't know that I was Dyslexic. She even called me "retard" when I was in 1st grade. Later on, she told me that I was lazy and irresponsible when I was in mainstream education. The fact is that she never went to high school. She had many of the symptoms of Dyslexia. If she had known about her Dyslexia,then she would have understood me much better. She would have understood my father who also had symptoms of Dyslexia.
Thank you very much for this book. It was the book that I needed the most. It was more effective than any self help book. I have been involved in psychotherapy,and it did nothing for me. It didn't address my Dyslexic symptoms. They didn't know that I am Dyslexic neither did I. It was a social worker who mentioned Dyslexia when I talked about being in special ed for speech problems. That was in 1997. Learning about Dyslexia and Dyspraxia has helped me understand that I am not retarded,stupid,lazy,nor crazy. I will keep this in mind when my children has the same problems as me. After all, I will easily understand them because I have been through it too. Your book will always help me understand that.
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