kareng Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 My dd's friend is 14 and is severely dyslexic. She and her Mom are working through Susan Barton's curriculum and they're up to level 6. DD's friend can read very short passages that have large print and that's about it. The problem is this: all the "beginning to read" books" that I've found are for little kids because of the topics or pictures. And the adult things I've found are for adults. What she needs is a book (of sorts) of one page stories in large print with teens in mind. This is a conservative Christian family so they're not looking, perhaps for your typical (whatever that is) teen reading but something that would be of interest to a 14-year-old. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merry gardens Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 (edited) There are some specialty books available from Barton and other sources, but having gone about that far through Barton, I have a couple other suggestions. Electronic readers (like Kindle or Nook) would allow her to enlarge the print on any book she's interested in. Not knowing her, I'm not sure what to suggest but if she's bright but simply struggling with reading but not comprehension of ideas, I'd suggest short stories by famous authors. By Barton 6, she should have reasaonably decent de-coding ability, but electronic readers can help her decode any words she doesn't know how to decode yet or she could read to her mom and her mom could help her with them. Also, if I were the mom, I'd ask myself why she needs large print and take her to a good covd eye doctor. You report she has "severe" dyslexia, but it's possible she has dyslexia along with eye sight problems. Make sure to let the COVD know the extent of her O-G remediation with Barton. Lastly, if she does have problems with comprehension rather than simply de-coding problems (and possibly eyesight problems), then that would deserve some extra attention and I'd recommend contacting Susan Barton for ideas. Edited June 20, 2012 by merry gardens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaughingCat Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 What about reading fluency type books - like QuickReads or High Noon Reading Fluency? I think QuickReads is meant for grades 2-4 so probably still a little young but the ones I have are large print and certainly less babyish than "beginning to read" books. They are harder to buy though (got the ones I have used through Amazon and Paperbackswap). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 (edited) High Noon Books specializes in high interest/low level materials. Its Reading Intervention program has one page passages that are probably about as good as one can get for a teenager (it is hard to be really interesting while using very limited words). My son did much better with High Noon's program than a friend seems to be doing with Barton. We were in about the same place starting at same time, and I chose the one and the friends chose the other. Their son is moving along in Barton, and they are pleased, but he really isn't reading much yet--sounds a bit like what you describe for the 14 year old. My son reads about 500 pages per week at a level that fits his interests now. I worked very very hard with him, however, about 2 hours per day for a year on just reading to get there. ETA: and yes, their fluency books might also work. The first level begins with a fairly simple half page passage about something like rain, with comprehension questions and a writing prompt on the lower half of the page. Edited June 20, 2012 by Pen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Also, if I were the mom, I'd ask myself why she needs large print and take her to a good covd eye doctor. You report she has "severe" dyslexia, but it's possible she has dyslexia along with eye sight problems. Make sure to let the COVD know the extent of her O-G remediation with Barton. :iagree: The aspect of a 14 y.o. needing large print sounds much more like a vision issue than a dyslexia issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellers Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I also recommend High Noon Books! My DS12 is severely dyslexic and enjoys reading these books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Also, if I were the mom, I'd ask myself why she needs large print and take her to a good covd eye doctor. You report she has "severe" dyslexia, but it's possible she has dyslexia along with eye sight problems. Make sure to let the COVD know the extent of her O-G remediation with Barton. Bingo. :iagree::iagree::iagree: The large print thing is her huge red flag that the EYES are a problem. She needs to get to a good COVD doc, preferably a Fellow. They can correct that. That improved within 1-2 months on my dd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest letitbesummer Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Thank you so much. I never knew books like these existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest letitbesummer Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 :) I never heard of High Noon Books. Thanks so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placeofgrace Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I find this website helpful. www.eps.schoolspecialty.com I tutor an 11 year old that is dyslexic. We are using S.P.I.R.E. reading with her this year. Also, you can find many of the classics written in simpler text. When I went to Books a Million, they had many on the discount tables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddle Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Steck Vaughn has a lot of low level reading with more middle/high school content. Even found this one (but there are a ton more & just passages, etc. I was referred to Steck Vaughn as a resource in case my dd needs this when she hits high school): http://steckvaughn.hmhco.com/en/adolesliteracy.htm Also, here's something that we found for history: http://www.pcieducation.com/US-history-shorts-binder-2.aspx I also agree with the referral to High Noon- heard good things about that. Well, this should get her started on some possibilities between all that is listed on this board;) Paula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzziesnowflake Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Paula, Have used the PCI stuff? How about the science and history? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 The site may be useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddle Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Have used the PCI stuff? How about the science and history? We used the history and both my kids (non LD and LD) really enjoyed it! I highly recommend it. Haven't used any of the other resources..... Paula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Also, if I were the mom, I'd ask myself why she needs large print and take her to a good covd eye doctor. You report she has "severe" dyslexia, but it's possible she has dyslexia along with eye sight problems. Make sure to let the COVD know the extent of her O-G remediation with Barton. Really? I thought I'd read a study about dyslexia recently where the results indicated that nearly all dyslexics benefited from enlarged print. Of course, I can't find it now. Ds is much younger, but he is the same way. I'm having him checked by yet another COVD doctor, but I honestly think he just gets overwhelmed by the amount of big words on a page of small text and doesn't even want to try because he knows how hard it will be to read those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThereseL Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Has she tried audio books? My 15yr old old is dyslexic and downloads all her textbooks and reading for fun books to her iPod from Learningally.org Yes I know it's hard to believe that a dyslexic child LOVES to read. Well she does now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Electronic readers (like Kindle or Nook) would allow her to enlarge the print on any book she's interested in. Not knowing her, I'm not sure what to suggest but if she's bright but simply struggling with reading but not comprehension of ideas, I'd suggest short stories by famous authors. By Barton 6, she should have reasaonably decent de-coding ability, but electronic readers can help her decode any words she doesn't know how to decode yet or she could read to her mom and her mom could help her with them. Also, if I were the mom, I'd ask myself why she needs large print and take her to a good covd eye doctor. You report she has "severe" dyslexia, but it's possible she has dyslexia along with eye sight problems. Make sure to let the COVD know the extent of her O-G remediation with Barton. :iagree: http://www.covd.org And, try out both a Kindle and iPad with font adjusted to large. Some people do better with the Kindle, some with the iPad, it depends. The font may or may not be too small, but another book suggestion to try is syllable divided books. They are divided up to help sound out the word, making it very easy to decode but high interest and vocabulary level. Syllables that end in a vowel are long. (ba-ker, me-ter, hi-lands, mo-ment, mu-sic) Syllables that end in a consonant are short. (sad-ness, met-ric, hin-der, mon-ster, mun-dane.) I would start with "Lives of the Presidents" and pick out one President to print out and test. http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/syllabledividedb.html Or, you may be able to enlarge the pdf on a Kindle or iPad or on-screen on a computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobela Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Another great source for high interest, low vocabulary books is Remedia Publications. They are one of my favorite publishers for this type product. PCI sells some of their products. Steck Vaughn is another, but it has already been mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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