CONTENTS  PAGE   Reviews   Introduction  7   What is dyslexia?  9         Chapter 1     FAMILY DYNAMICS     Parent-interviews  11   Crisis Strikes  15   Working through it  27   We finally made it  58   What parents say  68   Pointers for parents  72         Sibling-interviews  75   My younger sibling has dyslexia  80   My older sibling has dyslexia  101   What siblings say  114   Pointers for siblings  118   Pointers for parents  119         Chapter 2     HOW TO COPE     Parent-interviews    121   Kindergarten through 5th grade  124   6th through 8th grade  154   9th through 12th grade  166   What parents say about coping  181    Pointers for out of mainstream schooling  184    Pointers for mainstream schooling  185    Pointers for high school students  187   Chapter 3     THE COLLEGE SEARCH     Parent-interviews     191   Strategic planners 197   Sure footed 212   What parents say about the college-search  220    Pointers before applying to college  223    Pointers for the college-search  224    Pointers for the college application form  226    Some "Dyslexia friendly colleges"  227         Chapter 4     THE-COLLEGE-EXPERIENCE      College-student interviews  229    Conventionalists  233    Low profilers  249    Independents  257    Pragmatists  275    What college students say  315    Pointers from college students      for K-12 students  323    Coping strategies that work  324    Pointers for college students  326         Chapter 5     A FINAL NOTE  329         INDEX  333    List of interviews  335    Index  341

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