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Title: Parenting a Struggling Reader
by Susan Hall, Louisa Moats
ISBN: 0-7679-0776-0
Publisher: Broadway
Pub. Date: 16 April, 2002
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $14.00
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Average Customer Rating: 3.2 (5 reviews)

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Rating: 1
Summary: Don't be fooled.
Comment: This book is not what it purports to be. It is a thorough catalog for commercially available phonics based reading education programs. There is not actually any advice on "parenting". There is plenty of advice on how to be adversarial with your child's teachers and school. There is extensive use of the term "research-based", and this is what the authors use to support their arguments. However, their scope is extremely limited. The research they cite focuses on what works to teach kids to read words (decode the symbols) early in the school years, rather than what works to help kids truly read and comprehend complex language. There is no discussion of reading comprehension. I have no question that with their recommended approach, we could all have 6 year olds reading Dick and Jane. They don't address the ultimate goal of reading, understanding what one reads.

Rating: 5
Summary: Parenting a Struggling Reader
Comment: If you are parent with a child who is struggling with reading, you will find this book most helpful. It is filled with step-by-step advice on how to go about helping your child. Sitting back helplessly watching your child fall further and further behind while the school system evaluates and proceeds at a snail's pace is a highly frustrating experience. This book gives you the courage to believe in your own assessment of your child, and then points you to the resources needed to help him or her.

When one is first thrown into the world of special needs and learning disabilities, it is difficult to navigate to the proper channels to find the help needed. This book was like the first great wind to move me in the right direction, when I had been sitting on the beach with the sail turned in completely the wrong direction!

I did not need this book for my first child. Reading came easy to him. We had read to him almost every night since he was two months old. Then my daughter came along. She is struggling and so very frustrated. And yes, she has had books read to her almost every night since she was two months also! My point is this, while one reviewer appeared put off by this book, the title clearly states its audience. It is not written for every child, but it is a gold mine of good advice and resources for those of us finding ourselves raising struggling readers.

Rating: 4
Summary: Gave me the confidence to ask for help for my daughter......
Comment: A caveat before I begin: I am a parent struggling to understand why my daughter has a hard time reading; I have no background in education. With that in mind, I will say that this book made me realize that I, as a parent, and not her teachers, was in the best position to know if my daughter was struggling more than she should be in first grade. I had known my child to be clever, creative, etc, but she has classic dyslexia symptoms that no one recognized as clearly as my husband and I. Although my daughter was not doing as well as others, she was ready to fall between the cracks until I spoke up loud and clear to her principal and teacher about her learning difficulties. I asked for an evaluation because of the message of this book: get your child help asap! Thankfully, she has now had special help for a year and her LD teacher feels she may be up to grade level by year end. I don't know how long I would've waited without the information in this book about dyslexia and its symptoms, etc. While it may not be a perfectly researched book, it helped me begin to understand the IEP process and the IDEA and my need to be vigilant to get my child the help she needs.

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