Help Your Kids Become Better Readers In Eastchester

EASTCHESTER, N.Y. – The Eastchester Special Education Parent Teacher Association will welcome a clinical professor of literacy education to the high school next week to give a lecture about “raising a confident reader.”

Professor Carolyn Polchinski will teach Eastchester parents how to motivate their children to become better readers.
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Zak Failla

01/31/2013 10:30 a.m.

At 7 p.m., on Feb. 6, in the Eastchester High School Library, Carolyn Polchinski will provide a workshop for parents, including those that have children with special needs. She will discuss innovative approaches to teaching reading to children and teenagers.

During the workshop, the professor will help to increase students’ motivation, improve their confidence and empower them to become stronger, more independent readers.

Polchinski is the founder of Confident Readers, an educational consulting firm, which provides reading and writing support for students that struggle with attention -deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia and have other special needs. She currently teaches elementary school and has taught a dozen post-graduate courses in reading, literacy and language education.

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