Home Support

Research has shown that when parents provide social-emotional support throughout their child’s school years, students that struggle with learning are more successful in school.

Students should be allowed to work on homework for 10 minutes per their grade level. For example, a second-grade student should only have to work on homework for 20 minutes each night. Homework taking longer than that can be reported to your child’s teacher, and the team should write a plan to provide support.

Students with dyslexia generally work harder on tasks at school and maybe more tired when they arrive home from school. This may result in errors in their homework (Hodge, 2000). Set a time limit and have your child share completed work with the teacher the next school day.

Your child may be more successful in completing their work at school in the morning, so encourage your child to ask the teacher as soon as they can at school.

Celebrate the success of your child. Praise them on the work completed.

Read aloud to your child. Reading aloud is a great way to relax and provide a model of good reading habits.