Helping Your Child Overcome Reading Challenges

Helping Your Child Overcome Reading Challenges

When a child struggles with learning to read, it can feel overwhelming. What causes reading difficulties? How can parents support their children on the road to a rich and rewarding literacy life? Drawing on her dual expertise as a literacy specialist and a psychotherapist, Diane Tracey takes a unique and holistic approach to supporting children's health and emotional well-being along with their reading skills.

In this straightforward, knowledgeable guide, she explains exactly how the reading process works and what parents can do to foster literacy development every step of the way. Filled with checklists, fun activities to do with kids, and insightful stories, this compassionate resource gives parents the tools they need to help a struggling reader of any age become an avid book lover.

1. Help! I'm Overwhelmed!
2. The Foundations of Reading
3. The Parts of the Reading Process
4. How Can I Tell What's Causing My Child's Reading Difficulty?
5. What Should I Do If My Child Is Having Difficulty with Visual Processing?
6. What Should I Do If My Child Is Having Difficulty with Auditory Processing?
7. What Should I Do If My Child Is Having Difficulty with Phonics?
8. What Should I Do If My Child Is Having Difficulty with Vocabulary?
9. What Should I Do If My Child Is Having Difficulty with Reading Comprehension?
10. What Should I Do If My Child Is Having Difficulty with Attention and/or Motivation?
A Few Final Words: Putting It All Together
Appendix: Word Family and Sight Word Lists
Index

ISBN-13: 9781462543809
Publisher: Guilford Publications
By Diane H. Tracey
Local release date: 04/05/2022
Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 178 pages Weight: 215g