Teaching A Struggling Reader: One Mom's Experience with Dyslexia: A Guide for Parents and Teachers Who Want to Start Learning About Dyslexia

by Pamela Brookes

There are a lot of children (and adults) who struggle with reading. Some are helped by their schools, some are not.

 

In this short booklet, Pamela Brookes shares some of the basic information she wishes she'd had when she was first trying to figure out how to help her child learn to read. 

Teaching A Struggling One Mom's Experience with Dyslexia is filled with links to informational and product resources for parents or teachers. It is geared to people who want to educate themselves in the methods that are effective in teaching those with dyslexia. It also contains photos demonstrating basic techniques like "Tapping" (using one's fingers to aid in sounding out words) and "Making your bed" to differentiate between "b" and "d."

This Edition includes new information and new links including the social and economic impacts of illiteracy. It also contains information on Early Intervention, including what parents can do if they suspect their young child may have dyslexia during the toddler and preschool years, and a section on  What if It's NOT Dyslexia.

This is a booklet that can be read in one sitting. However, there are ample links to provide an even greater experience. The hyperlinks are active in the e-book format.

All DOG ON A LOG Books follow a systematic, structured literacy/Orton-Gillingham based phonics sequence.

92 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 24, 2017

Reviews

[Helga Cohen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found Brookes’ information very useful in teaching a dyslexic child to read. My grandson is dyslexic so the technique in this book is very useful. He is very frustrated at times especially since his twin brother is progressing well with reading in the first grade. It is sad for me, a lover of books who reads all the time, to see this. With the help of this book and his educational specialist who knows the Orton-Gillingham approach, he has made a lot of progress in the last year.
When we found out he was dyslexic, we looked for a school with a small classroom, but structured setting so we enrolled them in the Jewish Day school, one of the best schools in town and pulled them from the Montessori school which was not structured enough since it is more self-motivating and suited for his needs. There are only 9 children in his class, and they are divided into groups of 3. He also sees the education specialist who works with him twice a week on a one-on-one basis. He is making good progress. I know he would have floundered in the public school.
This book provides a lot of sources and is comprehensive. It is an excellent source for dyslexia.

[Michelle Bacon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick read, Easy to understand

This is an honest parent's insight who learned how to really help her dyslexic child to read and write, breaking it down into simple steps and practical advice.

[Rayjan Koehler · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am not a parent, but this will definitely help me tutor my struggling 7-year-old niece in phonics.

She is not diagnosed as dyslexic, but the B & D tip will definitely be handy as she especially mixes those 2 up a lot. I am definitely going to try some of the other tips too.

[Guy · Rating 5 out of 5]

An incredible introduction to dyslexia! Thank you!
Actually this is a great introduction to teaching kids to read, whether they have dyslexia or not. It's a pretty quick read and includes links to a number of related detail information sources.

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good addition to my understanding of teaching someone with dyslexia to read. The author has a set of books for teaching reading, but this Kindle book is free and could benefit anyone wanting to understand how to help those with dyslexia.

[Donna Bagby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Purchased as a gift.

[Lindsey Foster heritage · Rating 2 out of 5]

For someone that writes books, you’d think there’d be less grammatical errors in the book.