Reading Clinic: Brain Research Applied to Reading

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Summary: Oh My Goddness!
Review: Another parent referred me to this book. I have to say that it seemed just a little too easy and a little too fast to be real. My mother always told me that if something seemed to good to be true, that it usually wasn't true. NOT the case here! This book should be in every teacher and every pricipal's hands. It not only teaches reading super fast but it is 100% painless for all those concerned. This book has forever changed my two sons' lives! Neither could read, both had given up, I was very close to giving up when I tried this book. Now both are readers and not only that they both feel so good about themselves that it is truely wonderful. If I could, I would send you a million dollars because that is what this has been worth to me.

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Summary: This did not help my struggling reader.
Review: I bought this book with hopes of helping my son improve his reading. The premise of this book is basically to read and reread the same passage twice a day for a week. This really seemed to help my son at first but after several months I felt like his ability to read unfamiliar stuff was no better than before. This book would be a good addition to a reading program but it did not help my child with word attack skills at all. I also bought the reading material that they sell to go with the program and found it to be very disappointing. The company neuro reading sells the "books" which are really just pamphlets.

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Summary: Thank You!!!!!!
Review: I don't know what else to say other than thank you. My son suffered a brain injury when he was 3 years old. I have been told by many professionals that he would never learn to read. I had given up when another parent told me about this book. I sent an e-mail to the author and he said, "Baloney,he'll read using this method." And he did. And he did quickly. I am still in awe. I am also angry that so many people told me to give up, that he would never learn. Thank you and I want to be the first to order the multiplication program that Dr. Furr invented. Thank you for changing my son's life (and my life).

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Summary: Answer to My Prayers
Review: Reading had become a nightmare for my son and our entire family. We have tried everything from Hooked on Phonics to special tutors to university clinics. Nothing worked!!!! Every day was a trial for all of us. My son was convinced that he was retarded! A friend told me about this program. I almost didn't buy it because it seemed to easy. At that point I was willing to do anything, so I read the book and followed the detailed instructions. IT WORKED!!!!!!! My son advanced 4 grade levels in 5 months!!!!! Since then he has advanced another level and is a totally different person. He comes home from school and hugs and kisses me, then he always wants to read something out loud to me. I can't say thanks enough. We have contacted Dr. Furr (who was a big help along the way) and we are going to go meet him and say thanks.

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Summary: A miracle.
Review: Somewhere it said that this book is a miracle. I agree! It has done what nothing else has ever done before. It allowed me to teach my son to read. We have tried everything and nothing worked, this worked! We moved Chris through 3 grade levels in 6 months. It seems so hard to believe but it did work a miracle in our family.

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Summary: Good program, needs an editor
Review: This program works. I am using it to work with my 10 yr old son, who has seen wonderful improvement in his reading ability over 3 months of use. From that standpoint, I would give this book 5 stars. However, in the beginning of the book, Dr. Furr states "I quickly realized that I actually knew very little about English grammar." and I have to agree. I recommend the program highly, but I had to overcome issues of confidence in it as I came across typographical errors, redundancy, punctuation errors and misspellings throughout the book. This is a well-designed approach to a serious problem and would have benefited greatly from an editor who could have given this book the professionalism it deserves.

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Summary: Wow
Review: Wow, this book changed my son's life and our whole family's life. My son thought he was retarded because he couldn't read. Now he reads for fun!!!!!!! Thank you so much.