Visual Discrimination: Noting Differences in Frequently Misperceived Words
As a homeschooling parent with a child who was experiencing difficulty learning to read, I was very perplexed as to why my daughter was reversing words or getting words that look similar wrong over and over again when she read. I was frustrated as to what to do to help her until I found out about the workbook Visual Discrimination by Cusimano. This workbook has a wonderful manual that explained what was happening and what I needed to do to help my daughter. The exercises had many of the exact words that she was experiencing problems with! I see such a difference in her reading now.  I am most grateful to have found this workbook. --A Homeschooling ParentMany struggling readers misperceive words such as was, saw, this, that, where, there, the, tree.  Educators often don't have the time and materials which solve the problem. Teachers and parents are very enthusiastic about the ready-made developmentally presented teaching materials in this workbook.  Some publications teach discrimination between abstract figures, colors, size, etc. However, research shows that this training often helps with abstract figures, etc. but not with words. Direct training with words is essential. As the expression goes, "If you want to learn to swim, go into the water." --Betsy Lee, School Psychologist / School Counselor