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Q&A: Reading Disabilities

by Jerome J. Schultz, Ph.D.

Dyslexia, reading comprehension, encoding... Find out the answers to questions about reading disabilities.

1. My son may have dyslexia but no one is helping him. What do I do?
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2. Can you tell me about a learning disability called "encoding?"
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3. Why didn't the speech therapist discover my son's reading comprehension problem?
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4. My fourth-grader struggles with reading and writing. The resource teacher says he's a visual learner. Can you give me any information on this type of learning style?
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5. Both of my children have trouble understanding and remembering what they have just read. Is there a computer program that can help them study?
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6. My son is one of the youngest kids in the class. I never really thought about it until last year when he began to have problems with reading. I feel like maybe I should not have started him so early.
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7. My sixth-grader, who has a reading disability, mentioned to me that he felt he wasn't getting any better at reading. He wants to quit tutoring. Please help.
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8. My 11-year-old son has a variety of learning problems. The teachers are not sure how to help him. I can't find a doctor to test him. How we can help him?
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9. My stepson with ADHD failed the seventh grade and is in summer school. I've discovered he can only read on a second-grade level. He doesn't get any extra help at school during the summer session. How can I help him?
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