Dyslexia: Practical and Easy-To-Follow Advice

by Robin Temple

This text aims to provide parents with a clear perspective on dyslexia based on the breakthroughs in dyslexia correction that have been achieved since the late 1980s. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1862043140
• ISBN13: 9781862043145
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Element Books
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

At last, I understand!

This is the first book I've been able to find that explains what dyslexia is like from my child's point of view. The author takes you through an amusement park where each "ride" allows a nondyslexic person to be able to imagine one of the symptoms of dyslexia. It dispels the myth that dyslexia is just "words and letters that reverse themselves." As a parent of a dyslexic child and a teacher who works with dyslexic students I recommend this book to all of the parents of my students. I also highly recommend it for teachers of dyslexic students. I believe it gives fair treatment to the other methods used to help someone with dyslexia. It is clearly stated in the book that Ms. Temple is a Davis Facilitator so one would expect her book to focus on Davis ideas. She would not have elected to spend the time and money it takes to become licensed if she didn't believe the methods were the best from her perspective.

In response to an earlier review

TO the writer who had a bone to pick. This book compairs the two method of teaching dyslexics, the traditional as well as the Davis method. Traditional methods don't work for everyone. I know because I have been there. My so is dyslexic through and through! He fell through the cracks because of the traditional method of drilling phonics over and over and over! If it weren't for the Davis method his dyslexia would have driven him into the groung. Now he is a bright, cheery, well adjusted child because they taught him how to use his "gift" to it's fullest by giving him the tools he needs to over come the obsticles.

Provides excellent guidance to parents

In my job, I frequently talk to parents concerned about their children's school problems. Most feel confused and overwhelmed by an array of often contradictory information. Robin Temple's book is the first book I have seen that really focuses on guiding parents through this maze. The book explains the various approaches and treatments available in direct and easy-to-understand terms, and provides some guidelines for evaluation. The book also offers practical guidance and suggestions geared to addressing the many emotional issues faced by parents and their dyslexic children. I highly recommend this book.