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Reading Disabilities

I have a student who is 9. He was just diagnosed as dyslexic. His parent asked me for advice to help their son learn to read. What should I suggest them to do?

The followings are several reading activities they can do together:

• Read to your son every day. Read aloud, or read side by side, or ask your son to read something to you. A variety of materials can be read together, from books to newspapers and magazines to school materials.
• Enrich your son’s learning by visiting museums or other educational places in the community. Talk about these visits to help your son build his background knowledge about a variety of different topics.
• Use a phonics program to help your son learn to decode words. You could ask your son’s teacher to recommend a good program. Keep these sessions short, fast-paced, and fun. Don’t push or pressure your son with you work with him. In addition, play word games, such as rhymes, clapping the syllables or sounds in a word, or naming words that start or end with the same sound.
• Tell or read stories about things that interest your son and then ask him to tell you about the story to help improve his listening comprehension and understanding of the way stories are structured.

Here are some good resources to recommend to this parent:

A Parents’ Guide to Helping Your Child Learn to Read. National Education Association. http://www.nea.org/parents/learntoread.htm

Burns, M.S, Griffin, P., & Snow, C.E. (Eds.). (1999). Starting out right: A guide to promoting children's reading success. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. Available online: http://www.nap.edu/html/sor/

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