Jun
01
Often, the daily, frustrating, distressing slog of trying to read causes children with reading disabilities to quit. After months, even years, of struggle and failure, many of them see no reason to keep trying-reading is just too difficult. From their perspective, quitting is rational: Why struggle, why be embarrassed when success is impossible? As you might expect, these feelings frequently drench many if not all areas of their lives.
If this is true of your child, what can you and your child’s teacher do to strengthen his motivation to read? What can the two of you do to strengthen his persistence for learning to read, to strengthen his resilience in the face of ongoing adversity?
