Not Their Fault

Be Your Child’s Advocate

It is critical that your child knows that while dyslexia makes reading, writing, and spelling difficult, it is also why they are talented in one or more of the following areas:

Art
Athletics
Music
People skills
Storytelling
Intelligence
Natural curiosity
Love of logic

And the good news is that these strengths can lead to rewarding careers.

Joy And Confidence
By Susan Barton

Susan Barton loves hearing how Barton tutoring has changed a child’s life – as this grandmother shared:

Dear Susan,

Throughout my 44-year career as a teacher and a tutor, I have used several different programs to teach reading to children with varying degrees of dyslexia.

The Barton Reading & Spelling System is by far the best. If a tutor does the Barton System with fidelity, their students will learn to both read and spell. Simply put, your program is genius.

While using the Barton System to tutor my grandson, who has severe dyslexia, as well as many other children, I have grown to deeply appreciate everything you do to support the dyslexic community.
 
Watching my grandson grow in joy and confidence – not just in reading and spelling, but also in his outlook on life – has been one of the greatest personal achievements of my teaching career.
 
Thank you for creating such a brilliant program and for dedicating your life to helping us help our own children.
 
With gratitude,
Mary Cresalia, Certified Barton Tutor
San Rafael, CA

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Henry Winkler Reveals Dyslexia Battle On The ‘Happy Days’ Set In His New Book
By Bruce Haring for Deadline

Henry Winkler, now 77, has recounted his struggles with reading his lines on his hit 1970s sitcom Happy Days because of his dyslexia.

In an excerpt from his upcoming memoir, Being Henry: The Fonz… and Beyond, Winkler wrote that he was “so angry” when he was diagnosed at age 31- when he was already a cultural icon for his role as Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli.

“Even in the midst of Happy Days, at the height of my fame and success, I felt embarrassed, inadequate,” Winkler wrote in an excerpt in People. “Every Monday at 10 o’clock, we would have a table reading of that week’s script, and at every reading, I would lose my place, or stumble.

I would leave a word out, a line out. I was constantly failing to give the right cue line, which would then screw up the joke for the person doing the scene with me. Or I would be staring at a word, like ‘invincible,’ and have no idea on earth how to pronounce it or even sound it out.”

Click here to read the full article.

How to stop the guessing habit
By Susan Barton

Have you ever wondered why students with dyslexia guess at words – and how to stop that guessing habit?

If so, watch this 7-minute video chat.

If you want the handout and checklist, click here.

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