Helping Your Child Overcome Reading Challenges

by Diane H. Tracey EdD

Overview

When your child struggles with learning to read, it can feel overwhelming. What causes reading difficulties? How can you support your child 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 you 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 you tools to help a struggling reader of any age become an avid book lover.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462548248
Publisher:	Guilford Publications, Inc.
Publication date:	09/23/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	178
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

About the Author

Diane H. Tracey, EdD, is a retired Professor of Education at Kean University. She has written and presented widely on topics related to literacy achievement. Dr. Tracey has served as Secretary of the Literacy Research Association and on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Literacy Research, The Reading Teacher, the National Reading Conference Yearbook, and Education and Urban Society. Dr. Tracey is a recipient of Kean University’s Presidential Scholars Challenge Award. Prior to her work at the university level, she was an early childhood educator and a research assistant on a large, federally funded grant project studying children’s reading disabilities. She is currently a psychotherapist at the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, where she is training to become a psychoanalyst.
 

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

Dr. Tracey has written a winner! This is an essential guide for any parent whose child has difficulties with reading. It has a strong research and practical base, plentiful examples, and hands-on activities at the end of each chapter. For me, this book is the best on the market.”—Patricia A. Edwards, PhD, University Distinguished Professor of Language and Literacy, Michigan State University

"I love this book. I'm not a teacher by trade, and I had no clue about how to help my daughter with reading. Dr. Tracey provides suggested books and engaging activities that make learning fun."—Lisa K., parent

"I read this book with great interest as both a parent and an educator, and came away inspired with ideas to help my own children and share with colleagues. Dr. Tracey takes us inside the life of the developing reader and provides a positive roadmap for joining children on their literacy journeys. The book offers stories of real kids and families alongside practical tools, resources, and easy-to-implement activities. A 'must read' for all parents who want to support the developing readers in their lives!"—Heather Kenyon Casey, PhD, Department of Teacher Education, Rider University

From the Publisher

11/01/2021

Tracey's (education, Kean Univ.) book explores all aspects of learning to read. She starts by emphasizing the importance of diet, sleep, exercise, and creating a stable emotional foundation for challenging tasks by learning to cope with feelings. Tracey then tackles reading itself and reasons that children might struggle to read, the most common being auditory processing (also: issues with the meaning processor or context processor, or vision impairment). For each of these areas, Tracey offers activities for developing reading skills; for instance, improving auditory processing by making rhymes or deleting syllables. Other activities include a mystery object bag; themed vocabulary development; increasing attention with board games and Legos; Zoom pajama reading to build motivation; and having fun in the kitchen to practice reading instructions. VERDICT Sure to be a helpful volume for the many parents of children who struggle with reading for a variety of reasons.

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