Dyslexia Tool Kit for Tutors and Parents: What to do when phonics isn't enough

"A cheerful, easy-to-use volume that offers practical help to those who teach dyslexic children." --KIRKUS REVIEWS-- Dyslexia tools that anyone can use. Dyslexia research can be overwhelming and confusing. We've simplified the findings into quick, practical tools to help your student read without fear of failure.RESEARCH BASED DYSLEXIA TOOLS:Do you wish you could read hundreds of research papers on dyslexia, develop techniques for using that information with real children, and then test it over years of practice to see what actually works?xa0The author team of Yvonna and Alta Graham did that for you.xa0Dyslexia Tool Kit is the result:xa0 simple, easy-to-use techniques that move dyslexic students from frustrated non-readers to enthusiastic happy readers.xa0The book costs less than one session with a reading therapist.xa0 You can teach your own dyslexic child to read and you can both have fun doing it!HOW TO USE THIS BOOKUse this book AFTER trying to teach the student to read using phonics (sounding out words).xa0 Phonics is the easiest way to teach most children to read, but if it doesn't seem to make sense to the student it's time to try other things. It's not fair to just tell the student to "try harder!"xa0 Orton-Gillingham based programs teach phonics intensively, but this may just frustrate a student who has no phonemic awareness.There are other ways to teach reading, and it only makes sense to teach to the student's strength instead of his or her weakness.xa0 Dyslexic students have many strengths.xa0 This book shows you how to make the most of them.READING SHOULD BE HAPPY!Does your child avoid reading?xa0 Do you wonder how he or she can possibly not know this word after seeing it a dozen times in the last 10 minutes?xa0 Does the teacher keep saying he or she "doesn't work up to potential?" Dyslexia Tool Kit for Tutors and Parents:xa0 What to do when phonics isn't enough gives you the tools to teach your own child .xa0 A few minutes a day, every day for 6 months, will put your child on the road to a lifetime of reading for fun. Teaching dyslexic kids to love reading is my passion. This book shares what you need to know to teach your own dyslexic child to love reading. From the Inside Flap DyslexiaTool Kit was written for every parent who wonders how to help a child learn to read, and has become frustrated with advice that doesn't work or therapy that impoverishes the family.xa0xa0Dyslexia Tool Kit showsxa0how to teach using dyslexic strengths rather than focusing on dyslexic weaknesses. The difference in outcomes is astounding!xa0 If you've tried using intensive multi-sensory phonemic techniques and been disappointed, it's time to try teaching to the other parts of the brain. RESEARCH-BASED DYSLEXIA TOOLS:Do you wish you could read hundreds ofxa0research dissertations on dyslexia, develop techniques for real children, and then test it over years of practice?xa0We did that for you.xa0Dyslexia Tool Kit is the result:xa0 simple, easy-to-use techniques that empower dyslexic students to read with joy instead of tears.The book costs less than one session with a reading therapist.xa0 You can teach your own dyslexic child to read and you can both have fun doing it! Yvonna Graham, M.Ed studied dyslexia because she needed to teachxa0her dyslexic daughter to read. Then she taught other children who found classroom methodsxa0or even the highly-touted Orton-Gillingham programs insufficient. She startedxa0Mumbling Marmot Tutoring in Durango, CO., and currently offers workshops for teachers and homeschoolers.Dr. Alta E. Graham, is the daughter who struggled to learn to read and was called "uneducable" by her first-grade teacher! She now reads 3 times faster than her mom! She's been a music professor and tutored reading and math. She now works on the GPS satellite system. Her understanding of how a dyslexic brain learns informs this book in unique ways. Read more