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"Discover the critical ingredients of raising a healthy and happy child with dyslexia. A Reader's Favorite Award, Eric Hoffer Award, and NYC Big Book Award winner, Raising a child with Dyslexia, What Every Parent Needs to Know, has been hailed as a book that ""should be required reading for anyone who is going to be working with a child with dyslexia in any capacity."" According to Sefina Hawke of Readers' Favorite book reviews. Written from the perspective of someone who grew up with dyslexia and raised a child with dyslexia, this book offers a unique peek into the mind of someone with experience. As an expert, the author lays clear guidelines for promoting healthy development in spite of challenges. Where most books fall short-covering the emotional, social, and internal toll of dyslexia-this book excels in offering a well-rounded account and balanced action plan that can be started right away. If you're looking for results, then this is a must-read. Your child's wellbeing is important. Their education is important. Their mental health is paramount. This handbook tackles more than one angle of this complex struggle and offers parents the tools to recognize, support, and assure their child with dyslexia. Transform the life of a dyslexic child under your care today."

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"""[Winn] offers plenty of logical and commonsense advice for parents on countering dyslexia's negative impact on their kids, all in an easy to follow style...this compassionate work will reward parents in search of guidance."" -Publishers Weekly ""Winn reveals cutting-edge strategies and research to help every parent and child work together and become the best they can be.""-Eric Hoffer Book Awards ""Don has done a superlative job reviewing the main concerns relevant to dyslexia. There are so many issues-social, behavioral, cognitive, reading, and coping, but Don tries to address all of these in a kind, caring fashion. An important and much-needed text."" -Michael F. Shaughnessy, PhD, Professor of Special Education, Eastern New Mexico University ""Required reading for anyone who is going to be working with a child with dyslexia in any capacity"" -Readers' Favorite ""A very accessible and in-depth look at dyslexia. Perfect for parents who want to know what's what and what steps to take. Highly recommended."" -Wishing Shelf Book Awards ""It is essential that we help dyslexic children understand their strengths and challenges in order to have a balanced view of themselves. A realistic understanding of what comes easy and what does not leads to resilience and perseverance in the face of adversity-among the most necessary of life's skills. Parents have the unique and important responsibility and opportunity to not only help their children survive school, but ultimately thrive in life. With this book in hand, you will be empowered by the knowledge of how dyslexia impacts your child and how to raise a healthy human being with dyslexia."" -Dan Peters, PhD, Licensed Psychologist and author of Make your Worrier a Warrior, From Worrier to Warrior, and The Warrior Workbook ""This is a wonderful modern 'one step at a time' resource for anyone with a child who struggles with dyslexia. Beginning with how to identify and evaluate key issues and effects related to dyslexia, it then moves through learning styles, behavioral symptoms, raising good readers, interventions, developing self-esteem, parental perspective, advocating, and everything in between. Winn reveals cutting-edge strategies and research to help every parent and child work together and become the best they can be. Throughout, the author's personal experience serves as a constant encouragement."" -The US Review of Books Winner 2019 NYC Big Book Award Parenting Category Finalist 2019 Wishing Shelf Book Awards Honorable Mention 2019 Eric Hoffer Book Awards"

[Winn] offers plenty of logical and commonsense advice for parents on countering dyslexia's negative impact on their kids, all in an easy to follow style...this compassionate work will reward parents in search of guidance. -Publishers Weekly Winn reveals cutting-edge strategies and research to help every parent and child work together and become the best they can be. -Eric Hoffer Book Awards Don has done a superlative job reviewing the main concerns relevant to dyslexia. There are so many issues-social, behavioral, cognitive, reading, and coping, but Don tries to address all of these in a kind, caring fashion. An important and much-needed text. -Michael F. Shaughnessy, PhD, Professor of Special Education, Eastern New Mexico University Required reading for anyone who is going to be working with a child with dyslexia in any capacity -Readers' Favorite A very accessible and in-depth look at dyslexia. Perfect for parents who want to know what's what and what steps to take. Highly recommended. -Wishing Shelf Book Awards It is essential that we help dyslexic children understand their strengths and challenges in order to have a balanced view of themselves. A realistic understanding of what comes easy and what does not leads to resilience and perseverance in the face of adversity-among the most necessary of life's skills. Parents have the unique and important responsibility and opportunity to not only help their children survive school, but ultimately thrive in life. With this book in hand, you will be empowered by the knowledge of how dyslexia impacts your child and how to raise a healthy human being with dyslexia. -Dan Peters, PhD, Licensed Psychologist and author of Make your Worrier a Warrior, From Worrier to Warrior, and The Warrior Workbook This is a wonderful modern 'one step at a time' resource for anyone with a child who struggles with dyslexia. Beginning with how to identify and evaluate key issues and effects related to dyslexia, it then moves through learning styles, behavioral symptoms, raising good readers, interventions, developing self-esteem, parental perspective, advocating, and everything in between. Winn reveals cutting-edge strategies and research to help every parent and child work together and become the best they can be. Throughout, the author's personal experience serves as a constant encouragement. -The US Review of Books Winner 2019 NYC Big Book Award Parenting Category Finalist 2019 Wishing Shelf Book Awards Honorable Mention 2019 Eric Hoffer Book Awards

Author Information

Don M. Winn is the award-winning children's fiction author of the Sir Kaye the Boy Knight series of children's chapter books and the Cardboard Box Adventures collection of thirteen picture books as well as the nonfiction book for parents and educators Raising a Child with Dyslexia: What Every Parent Needs to Know. As a dyslexia advocate, a dyslexic himself, and the parent of a (now adult) dyslexic child, he is fully committed to helping reluctant and struggling readers learn to love to read. Don frequently addresses parents and educators on how to maximize the value of shared reading time and how to help dyslexic and other struggling readers to learn to love to read. He's published articles about dyslexia and reading in US News & World Report, the Costco Connection Magazine, TODAY Parenting, Fostering Families Today, and many others.

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