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[quote=Anonymous]We did all of the suggestions above. Breaking it up into smaller times. Alternating pages or even lines (in poetry). On hard days I just read out loud. Once in awhile I had my child point to the words as I read out loud.

Try and figure out when your child is best able to handle this task. By bed time my ADHD kid was fried and there was no way it was going to happen. Right after school didn't work well either because they needed a mental break. For us the most successful time/environment was while I was cooking dinner. DC would read to me while I worked in the kitchen. This gave DC time to relax a bit after school and the fact that I was paying attention to them but also not only paying attention to them seemed to help. They get stressed when they are "on show" and that is how they felt if we were sitting together to read. We have also done this when in the car. I drive and DC reads. It works well but can be hard if there are words they need help with.

DC is now in high school and in honors English class. For challenging books DC will often start with an audio book and either follow along with the hard copy or work on a puzzle so that their hands are busy. Most of the time DC is able to switch to reading the book after a few chapters. The audio book eases them into it, teaches them how to pronounce all of the character's names and gets them comfortable with the story.[/quote]

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