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Below you'll find our answers to questions that have been submitted to us from across the country, and we are adding new ones all the time. Our hope is that you will find information, encouragement, and resources that will help you from the answers given to others.
Tips for helping your child select a book that's not too hard, and not too easy!
Here are some easy ways to help your word-by-word reader become smooth and fluent.
Have you ever read an assigned chapter, and not been able to remember what you've read? Here are some easy and effective tips for successfully studying textbooks!
Strategies for helping intermediate-grade students, especially active ones, follow-through on homework expectations.
Understanding some of the terms used by teachers to describe your child's reading performance, and what to do next.
Reading despite the wiggles! Helping active children enjoy reading.
Some challenges faced by a bilingual student and how to help.
Helping advanced readers continually grow, reach, and enjoy reading even more.
Guidance for parents in helping teens make choices in books you'll both feel good about, and some great book suggestions.
Understanding "dysgraphia" and ways you can support and help your child and his/her teacher.
Helping students who would MUCH rather be playing learn to enjoy reading on their own.
There's no help in the classroom, your child is struggling...guidance for parents in what to do.
How to help the parent and the teacher make the most of the therapist's suggestions and interventions.
Symptoms to look for as your child reads, and how to get help.
Supporting the "slow" reader; how to improve reading speed without compromising reading comprehension.
How they are different, and helping you choose which one is right for you.
Does your child struggle with spelling, no matter how hard he/she tries? What to do.
Is your child's school using one of these? Find out what they are and which one would be best for your child.
Sometimes there are multiple issues to look at; learn what they are
Comprehension skills can be looked at in multiple ways. Learn what they are.
Subvocalization can slow you down, but is it a handicap?
What to do when a child resists.
Does phonics instruction "work" for everyone? Find out here.
Typical reading programs focus on these. What to do when they don't work for your child.
