Raising a Child with Dyslexia: What Every Parent Needs to Know

by Don M. Winn

Overview

How to provide emotional support to dyslexic children and nurture skills that will help them grow, thrive, and be happy. A 2019 NYC Big Book Award Winner, and 2020 Eric Hoffer and Readers' Favorite Book Award recipient.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937615567
Publisher:	Cardboard Box Adventures
Publication date:	09/11/2019
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

Don M. Winn is the award-winning children's fiction author of the Sir Kaye the Boy Knight series of children's chapter books and the Cardboard Box Adventures collection of thirteen picture books as well as the nonfiction book for parents and educators Raising a Child with Dyslexia: What Every Parent Needs to Know. As a dyslexia advocate, a dyslexic himself, and the parent of a (now adult) dyslexic child, he is fully committed to helping reluctant and struggling readers learn to love to read. Don frequently addresses parents and educators on how to maximize the value of shared reading time and how to help dyslexic and other struggling readers to learn to love to read. He's published articles about dyslexia and reading in US News & World Report, the Costco Connection Magazine, TODAY Parenting, Fostering Families Today, and many others.

Table of Contents

1 What Every Parent Needs to Know about Dyslexia

2 Having Your Child Evaluated

3 Identifying Your Child’s Learning Style

4 Parents Are the First Teachers

5 How to Raise Readers

6 The Far-Reaching Effects of Early Vocabulary Enrichment

7 Taking Full Advantage of Children’s Brain Malleability

8 Why Ask Questions?

9 Social and Emotional Learning

10 Self-Esteem: Finding the Right Balance

11 Self-Concept

12 Decoding Behavioral Symptoms

13 Self-Compassion

14 Perseverance and Passion

15 Developing a Strong Work Ethic and Patience

16 Seeing Yourself in Your Child’s Struggle

17 Explicit Multisensory Reading Instruction

18 Understanding the School Lingo

19 When Your Child Is Also Gifted

20 Working with Your Child’s Teacher

21 Advocating for Your Child

22 Getting a Late Start with Intervention

23 When It’s as Good as It Gets

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

12/16/2019

Children’s author Winn (There’s a Monkey in My Backpack), who raised a son with dyslexia and has the condition himself, provides a lay reader–friendly introduction to a disorder that’s estimated to affect about one out of five people. Assuming zero prior knowledge on the reader’s part, Winn lays out the different types of dyslexia—primary (genetically-based); secondary (originating during fetal development); and trauma-induced. He emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis, based on his own dyslexia having gone unidentified and untreated in childhood, and shares some painful memories of being shamed by his parents for his reading difficulties. The good news, Winn writes, is that, with support from educators and clinicians, people with dyslexia can “undergo a beautiful transformation.” As such, he takes care to point out positive associated traits, including “outside-the-box thinking and problem-solving” and “visual-spatial building and design skills.” He also offers plenty of logical and commonsense advice for parents on countering dyslexia’s negative impact on their kids, such as limiting screen time, and cultivating reading habits at an early age, all in an easy to follow style. While hardly the only good intro out there, this compassionate work will reward parents in search of guidance. (Self-published.)

Publishers Weekly

"[Winn] offers plenty of logical and commonsense advice for parents on countering dyslexia's negative impact on their kids, all in an easy to follow style...this compassionate work will reward parents in search of guidance." --Publishers Weekly

"A very accessible and in-depth look at dyslexia. Perfect for parents who want to know what's what and what steps to take. Highly recommended." --Wishing Shelf

"A comprehensive yet nurturing, caring, and compassionate book about this condition. Don has done a superlative job reviewing the main concerns relevant to dyslexia. There are so many issues--social, behavioral, cognitive, reading, and coping, but Don tries to address all of these in a kind, caring fashion. An important and much-needed text." --Michael F. Shaughnessy, PhD, Professor of Special Education Eastern New Mexico University

"It is essential that we help dyslexic children understand their strengths and challenges in order to have a balanced view of themselves. A realistic understanding of what comes easy and what does not leads to resilience and perseverance in the face of adversity--among the most necessary of life's skills. Parents have the unique and important responsibility and opportunity to not only help their children survive school, but ultimately thrive in life. With this book in hand, you will be empowered by the knowledge of how dyslexia impacts your child and how to raise a healthy human being with dyslexia." --Dan Peters, PhD, Licensed Psychologist and author of Make your Worrier a Warrior, From Worrier to Warrior, and The Warrior Workbook

"This is a wonderful modern 'one step at a time' resource for anyone with a child who struggles with dyslexia. Beginning with how to identify and evaluate key issues and effects related to dyslexia, it then moves through learning styles, behavioral symptoms, raising good readers, interventions, developing self-esteem, parental perspective, advocating, and everything in between. Winn reveals cutting-edge strategies and research to help every parent and child work together and become the best they can be. Throughout, the author's personal experience serves as a constant encouragement." --The US Review of Books

Winner 2019 NYC Big Book Award Parenting Category
Finalist 2019 Wishing Shelf Book Awards
Honorable Mention 2019 Eric Hoffer Book Awards

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