Books: The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan

In my previous post, Can Someone With Dyslexia Love to Read?, I referenced a book by Ben Foss called The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan.**  Over the years I have read a number of books about dyslexia, and they all had one thing in common: dyslexia was a terrible problem that needed to be fixed with the author’s, oftentimes proprietary and expensive, method.  I found the reading very depressing and negative, to the point that I stopped reading books on dyslexia.  These books weren’t all bad, and they often had a few bits of information that were helpful, but on the whole they didn’t really help me or my daughters much at all with encouragement or useful ideas.  This is the first key difference I noticed with Foss’ book, it is positive, encouraging, and isn’t trying to ‘fix’ your broken child. Instead he encourages parents to embrace their child’s profile, build on their strengths, and support their child through a variety of means.  I don’t know if this different perspective is due to the fact that Foss himself is dyslexic, or if is because he approaches dyslexia from the perspective of something you learn to work with and build on your strengths that come with dyslexia, rather than something you have to ‘fix’.  Regardless, this is the first book I recommend to anyone who has a child with dyslexia (or suspects they have dyslexia) simply because it not only has great information, but it is also such an encouraging and positive perspective on the whole subject.

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