Crushing Dyslexia : The "How-To" Book of Effective Methods for Helping People with Dyslexia

Carol S. Fitzpatrick has a passion for helping struggling readers. When her own children were forced to deal with the frustration and humiliation of dyslexia, she went back to school to learn how to teach them to read. The same methods she used to home school both of her sons have worked for many more struggling readers over the past 30 years. Now, when Carol isn't tutoring, she travels throughout the country speaking on successful intervention practices in reading instruction. Some of Carol's qualifications include: Master of Science degree in Education (Reading), Trained in Orton-Gillingham methods for helping people with dyslexia, Recipient of a National Education Association "Innovation Grant" Former reading instructor at Chandler-Gilbert Community College and Northern Arizona University, Author of the book, "Help, I Can't Read!" How to Respond to Struggling Readers in Your Classroom, This book contains simple, research-based, step-by-step instructions for teaching dyslexics that really work! It has chapters to help you teach: Phonemic Awareness (the Sounds of English), Alphabetic Principles (Phonics Patterns), Decoding Multi-Syllable Words, Vocabulary, Fluency, Comprehension, Handwriting, Spelling, Written Composition, And more! Book jacket.