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Lois Letchford, author of Reversed: A Memoir, shares personal accounts of her son’s struggles with learning how to read as well as her own in school with dyslexia. After being told by a teacher that her son was “the worst child [she’s] ever seen in [her] 25 years of teaching,” she persisted with endless patience to help her son and began writing poems to pique his interest in reading. What is he doing now? Was she successful?Quote: “Believe in your child, believe they are capable of anything--and tell them that.” Resources: Reversed: A Memoir by Lois Letchford Poetry for kids by Lois Letchford Website with articles and blog: https://www.loisletchford.com/ Twitter: @LetchfordLoisWant to discuss the episode? Join our Facebook group Science of Reading: The Community.