Educating Tigers

Until it happens to you, its probably hard to relate, but in this beautifully written book, Wendy Sand Eckel has done an outstanding job of showing the process an entire family will go through when a child is diagnosed with dyslexia. From the inability of the typical educational system to cope, all the way through to the light at the end of the tunnel using specialized educational methods to confront and overcome the dyslexia, in Educating Tigers you have a fly-on-the-wall perspective of what happens to the family dynamic. Effective ways to deal with any learning disability become readily apparent as you make your way through this entertaining and enjoyable book. It's an easy read. Drawing on her own background in family counseling, Wendy Eckel does a great job with this book. I learned so much, and highly recommended it.

I got a preview copy of Educating Tigers and once started, I couldn't put it down. WSEckel hits all the emotions that give a great read. If you feel like thinking, laughing, crying, and experiencing the feelings associated with family dynamics, give this a try. I'm already looking forward to the next one from this author.

To love and to learn is to read Educating Tigers, just as the Cunningham family draws from their love to face the complexity of their daughter Tiger's learning disability. It is a rich story - addressing the beautiful complexity of relationships and the urgent need for help for learning disabled children and the myths that can shame and frustrate families. Educating Tigers is compelling and engaging and challenging in an important way. I highly recommend it to anyone - parents, therapists, educators and relatives of a learning disabled child.

This is a fun story, despite the serious issues it raises. It is a common story among millions, but a story that has never been told so well. With up to 20% of the population affected by dyslexia (and 100% of those families!) this story should be read by every educator, by every parent of a child with a learning difference, and by every mother, no matter how "perfect" your child is. The story transcends dyslexia and reaches to the basic structure of families and relationships. On top of that, almost as a bonus, it seamlessly weaves in ten outstanding parenting tips in the form of chapter headers, which are original and worth the price of the book alone.