by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Dec 4, 2015 | Reading Comprehension
In the last two posts I talked about the value of understanding the Stages of Reading. As I noted, knowing where your child is in his/her stage of reading development provides you with a road map as to what you need to focus on with your child at any given time. Like...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Nov 7, 2014 | Reading Comprehension
Recently I had the good fortune of being able to interview Susan Zimmermann on The Coffee Klatch Network. Zimmermann is the author of The Seven Keys to Comprehension: How to help your kids read it and get it! Within the interview, we talked about the challenges with...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jun 27, 2014 | Reading Comprehension
A father of a sweet 11-year-old girl came in to have her child evaluated this week. By impression and observations, the girl, Katie, was on the innocent side of life. She was still in the “Hello Kitty” phase, which was nice to see, given how fast and advanced many...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jun 21, 2014 | Reading Comprehension
So, your child is reasonably down the road with the skills of decoding and reading fluency. The next stage emphasis is typically focused on comprehension, and one of the underpinning skills of reading comprehension is the ability to apply the skill of “Hmm, let me...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Feb 8, 2013 | Reading Comprehension
“Comprehension” is a word that is tossed around freely in educational and psychological circles. “If James paid attention more, he would comprehend better.” “It doesn’t matter...