Secret Life of a Dyslexic Child

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Customer Reviews:

Help for parents/people with dyslexia [Posted on 2007-02-13]
This book has given me an insight into the world of a dyslexic child or person.

I believe it is invaluable and the most helpful book I have read on the subject to date!!!

Very worthwhile investment for any parent or teacher!

Great tips! Recommendations are excellent and it is so easy to read and understand.

5******A+++++++

Excellent! [Posted on 2007-07-16]
This is a must read for all who have dyslexia or know someone who does!
It was the best book on the subject that I have read.

Misleading ...  [Posted on 2008-01-19]

We had a lot of trouble getting through this book ... being a grandmother of a couple of dyslexic children and a teacher, it was very disturbing that the general assumption was that dyslexia is some horrendous condition for which there is no hope of ever overcoming - just ideas of how to live with it. If this is the only book you read about this topic, you'll leave depressed. I'm ever so grateful that we read The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald D. Davis BEFORE this one. So much so, that I will not even give my copy of "The secret life of the dyslexic child" away ... not even to the thrift store.

Insightful, but perhaps not complete [Posted on 2008-03-04]
I am a special needs teacher, supporting children, mainly with dyslexia, from home. I am also mother to a dyslexic son, wife to a dyslexic husband and sister to a dyslexic brother... and no, I'm not dyslexic myself... just a bad typist.
I felt the book should be obligatory reading for all people who come into contact with dyslexic people, and especially for parents and teachers. It gives you great insight into the emotions of - I would guess - quite a few dyslexic people. HOWEVER!!!!! The disorganisation may not be dyslexia. It could point to yet another problem, namely Attention Deficiency Disorder (ADHD type 1, unattentive).
So, the book is brilliant as far as it goes, but I honestly feel it can lull parents into a false sense of security about why their children are so forgetful, chaotic, easily distracted etc. If your child has sooo many of these symptoms of disorganisation, have it checked for ADD! But read the book anyway, as the emotions of your child don't really change.

Understand your child [Posted on 2008-03-12]
If you want to know what your child goes through daily this is the book for you. It opens your eyes to the little things that are big problems to someone with Dyslexia. I could not put it down it should be required reading fo every parent of a Dyslexic cchild.

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