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by Susan Hall (Author), Louisa Moats (Author) "This mother who wrote us expressed her frustration that children who are bright, eager, and well loved may find reading difficult..." (more)
Key Phrases: structured language approaches, systematic phonics programs, decodable books, Reading Recovery, National Reading Panel, International Dyslexia Association (more...)
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The first completely comprehensive, practical guide for recognizing, diagnosing, and overcoming any childhood reading difficulty.
According to the National Institute of Health, ten million of our nation’s children (approximately 17 percent) have trouble learning to read. While headlines warn about the nation’s reading crisis, Susan Hall (whose son was diagnosed with dyslexia) and Louisa Moats have become crusaders for action. The result of their years of research and personal experience, Parenting a Struggling Reader provides a revolutionary road map for any parent facing this challenging problem.
Acknowledging that parents often lose valuable years by waiting for their school systems to test for a child’s reading disability, Hall and Moats offer a detailed, realistic program for getting parents actively involved in their children’s reading lives. With a four-step plan for identifying and resolving deficiencies, as well as advice for those whose kids received weak instruction during the crucial early years, this is a landmark publication that promises unprecedented hope for the next generation of Information Age citizens.

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The first completely comprehensive, practical guide for recognizing, diagnosing, and overcoming any childhood reading difficulty.
According to the National Institute of Health, ten million of our nation?s children (approximately 17 percent) have trouble learning to read. While headlines warn about the nation?s reading crisis, Susan Hall (whose son was diagnosed with dyslexia) and Louisa Moats have become crusaders for action. The result of their years of research and personal experience, Parenting a Struggling Reader provides a revolutionary road map for any parent facing this challenging problem.
Acknowledging that parents often lose valuable years by waiting for their school systems to test for a child?s reading disability, Hall and Moats offer a detailed, realistic program for getting parents actively involved in their children?s reading lives. With a four-step plan for identifying and resolving deficiencies, as well as advice for those whose kids received weak instruction during the crucial early years, this is a landmark publication that promises unprecedented hope for the next generation of Information Age citizens.

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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Broadway; 1 edition (April 16, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0767907760
  • ISBN-13: 978-0767907767
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #90,823 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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structured language approaches, systematic phonics programs, decodable books, good reading instruction, effective reading instruction, whole language teachers, systematic phonics instruction, phonemic awareness, phonics approach, special education law, reading failure, oral vocabulary
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5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Belongs in Your Home, April 20, 2002
Before reading Parenting a Struggling Reader, run out to your local office supply store and buy a package of post-it flags. This book is filled with great information you will want to mark and refer to again and again.

Parenting a Struggling Reader takes you on a journey to help solve your child's difficulty with reading. Written in a very readable, informative, and practical format, questions parents ask the authors set the navigational course for the information offered in this book. Charts throughout the book highlight important information parents need to help them reach their goal and final destination--having their child be a reader.

This book begins by discussing how parents need to act promptly and not wait, how to become informed about the latest research, and what are the available approaches for teaching reading. Knowledgeable informed parents are parents who know what questions to ask and where to get help for their child.

Chapters 3 and 4 discuss how parents are their child's best advocate, how to identify the problem, and assessments used to identify children at-risk at a young age.

The journey continues as Chapters 5 and 6 contain invaluable information on testing and seeking a diagnosis. In a style that is very easy to read and understand, the authors explain the different levels of testing and what tests are commonly used to assess the different aspects of reading acquisition.

Chapter 7 gives concrete examples showing how to recognize effective instruction as well as an overview of the most common structured language approaches to teaching reading. Chapter 8 addresses older students who have still not learned to read or to read well. The balance between the accommodations used as well as a necessary intense remediation program is discussed.

The final chapter on navigating the IEP clears the fog for parents as they journey through the IEP process. In a very clearly written style, an overview of the process is given, concrete examples of goals and objectives are shared, and practical advice about how parents can prepare for the meeting and become an important part of the team to help their child overcome his reading difficulty is clearly stated. The Appendices provide terrific recommended resources to help parents as they journey towards the land of the readers.

This book is not only about completing a journey-it is about hope for all children.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Parenting a Struggling Reader, January 24, 2004
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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.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A must for dealing with the system, July 10, 2004
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I have to take issue with the teacher who criticizes this book's "agenda." The title is Parenting a STRUGGLING Reader. Does this teacher understand the first thing about dyslexia? It's a disability that affects the child's ability to take words apart, to understand letter sound, to recognize phoenemes that make up words. A dyslexic child's brain functions differently (uses different areas for processing written language) than a regular reader's. Highly targeted phonics instruction is CRUCIAL for these kids. My volunteering in the classroom or reading dozens of books a night is not going to make my daughter's brain work like the kid who sits across from her, who's reading Charlotte's Web while she's still struggling with Sheep in a Jeep. She's not stupid, her IQ's 135. She's dyslexic. If teachers weren't so threatened when we try to get help for our kids with clinical problems, there wouldn't be a need for the "adversarial" advice in this book. As it is, it's a godsend for understanding how to double-check the school, make sure your child is in a program that's going to help and not exacerbate the problem. Believe me, I don't WANT to be at odds with her teachers. But I'm tired of her problems being ignored, I'm tired of being told she could do better if she just tried by people who aren't the ones holding her while she sobbs because she just can't get it. If you want to understand which programs are actually targeted to help a kid with dyslexia (newsflash: Reading Recovery is NOT one), and get some info on what the schools have to do to assist your kid (next flash: they sure as hell aren't going to tell you, you have to dig it out), then get this book.
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This book is not what it purports to be. It is a thorough catalog for commercially available phonics based reading education programs. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Gave me the confidence to ask for help for my daughter......
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. Read more
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