First-time author Liz Dunoon has secured the support of Sir Richard Branson – the renowned entrepreneur who has overcome severe literacy problems to run a global business empire – for her book Helping Children With Dyslexia: 21 Super Strategies To Ensure Your Child’s Success At School.
Sir Richard took a personal interest in the easy-to-read book and personally wrote the foreword, passionately encouraging dyslexics to embrace their strongest abilities to strive for success.
“It is important as a dyslexic that you don’t spend energy worrying about what you can’t do but instead figure out what you can do and make sure you do it well,” he writes.
Liz Dunoon, a trained school teacher, is a mother of three children, all of whom have the learning disability dyslexia. After struggling to explain her young son’s failure to read and write, she has thoroughly researched dyslexia, talking to parents, speaking with experts and, in doing so, has become a committed advocate for the rights of the dyslexic child. The single best resource a child with dyslexia can have, she says, is a well-informed, encouraging and proactive parent to advocate on their behalf.
In Helping Children With Dyslexia: 21 Super Strategies To Ensure Your Child’s Success At School, Liz offers a lifeline to frustrated and worried parents. She shares tips for recognising the condition, dealing with schools and health professionals as well as describing practical exercises to promote a child’s progress. Importantly, she offers advice in coping with a particularly distressing aspect of dyslexia – the emotional and social toll on an otherwise intelligent child.
“I have always been impressed by Sir Richard Branson’s extremely positive outlook, his refusal to accept that dyslexia imposes limits and his determination to work to his strengths. He’s a wonderful role model for all families affected by dyslexia, and his foreword is moving and inspiring,” says Liz.
“But for every success story, there are many other dyslexic individuals whose self-esteem and future prospects were irreparably damaged by a lack of support. The more I learnt, the more determined I became to share the information and help make the government, health and education fraternities more accountable to the 10 per cent of people who may have dyslexia”.
The purchase of the book also gives readers free access to additional eBooks detailing how parents can teach children from home, as well as links to important resources to provide support, ideas and encouragement. To cater for busy people or those who are not keen readers, the book also comes with an audio MP3 DVD of the book read by the author.
Helping Children With Dyslexia: 21 Super Strategies To Ensure Your Child’s Success At School is
“A bible for every parent of a dyslexic child. For me this book confirms you can never give up on your child’s education,only you can protect them, no one else is going to do that for you, especially those children who aren’t getting the right support in school.
Helping Children With Dyslexia, confirms a lot I knew. It confirms to me how important it is to never rely on the School Education System.
Too many qualified staff told me my son was doing fine. – Ha Ha, how wrong they were.
I know so many parents who believe what they are told and their beautiful children slip through the net.
Good luck I hope this book makes a difference for you. Not only a great read for a parent, but for those working with dyslexic children.”
Charlotte Brown,
Chiswick, London U.K.
Helping Children With Dyslexia Book Cover
More Information: http://www.helpingchildrenwithdyslexia.com
