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The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan
Ben Foss
A Blueprint for Renewing Your Child's Confidence and Love of Learning
Ballantine
September 2013
On Sale: August 27, 2013
336 pages ISBN: 0345541235 EAN: 9780345541239 Kindle: B00BO4GQYA Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
Finally, a groundbreaking book that reveals what your
dyslexic child is experiencing—and what you can do so that
he or she will thrive More than
thirty million people in the United States are dyslexic—a
brain-based genetic trait, often labeled as a “learning
disability” or “learning difference,” that makes
interpreting text and reading difficult. Yet even though
children with dyslexia may have trouble reading, they don’t
have any problems learning; dyslexia has nothing to do with
a lack of intellect. While other books tell you what dyslexia is, this book tells
you what to do. Dyslexics’ innate skills, which may include
verbal, social, spatial, kinesthetic, visual, mathematical,
or musical abilities, are their unique key to acquiring
knowledge. Figuring out where their individual strengths
lie, and then harnessing these skills, offers an entrée into
learning and excelling. And by keeping the focus on
learning, not on standard reading the same way everyone else
does, a child with dyslexia can and will develop the
self-confidence to flourish in the classroom and beyond. After years of battling with a school system that did not
understand his dyslexia and the shame that accompanied it,
renowned activist and entrepreneur Ben Foss is not only open
about his dyslexia, he is proud of it. In The Dyslexia
Empowerment Plan he shares his personal triumphs and
failures so that you can learn from his experiences, and
provides a three-step approach for success: • Identify your child’s profile: By mapping your
child’s strengths and weaknesses and assisting her to better
understand who she is, you can help your child move away
from shame and feelings of inadequacy and move toward
creating a powerful program for learning. • Help your
child help himself: Coach your child to become his own
best advocate by developing resiliency, confidence, and
self-awareness, and focusing on achievable goals in areas
that matter most to him. • Create community: Dyslexic children are not broken,
but too often the system designed to educate them is. Dare
to change your school so that your child has the resources
to thrive. Understanding your rights and finding allies will
make you and your child feel connected and no longer alone. Packed with practical ideas and strategies dyslexic children
need for excelling in school and in life, this empowering
guide provides the framework for charting a future for your
child that is bright with hope and unlimited potential.
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