Are there books you would recommend reading
Dr. Hallowell's book "Return from Distraction" is very helpful, especially if you suspect reading and attention issues -- when Dr. Hallowell was asked what he would tell a parent if they were told their daughter had dyslexia:
"Lucky her! That person has untestable, unmeasurable potential. She is a surprise package; no one knows what she can do, including her. But I can tell you from years of experience, she can do special stuff, and go to amazing places. She has talent that cannot be taught, abilities that can't be bought, and a brain that eludes the predicative powers of our wisest sayers of sooth. But I would also say Watch Out! They need a good guide. Someone who has been down these paths before, who can tell them when the bad guys are coming and, who can show them how to get through the desert without much water and over the mountain when it snow. They need someone who knows that there is more to them then they can show or tell right now".
Dr. Linda Silverman's book "Upside Down Brilliance is another gem, especially for the gifted student who learns differently -- Dr. Silverman writes: "Phonics instruction does not need to be eliminated altogether, but sight word vocabulary needs to be built first. Then whole words can be compared and the pattern recognition capacities of the visual spatial learn can be brought to bear"
