{"id":816472,"date":"2026-05-29T16:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/?p=816472"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:53:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:53:02","slug":"a-teenager-could-rebuild-truck-engines-and-tell-stories-like-a-novelist-yet-he-read-at-a-first-grade-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/a-teenager-could-rebuild-truck-engines-and-tell-stories-like-a-novelist-yet-he-read-at-a-first-grade-level_816472.html","title":{"rendered":"A Teenager Could Rebuild Truck Engines and Tell Stories Like a Novelist Yet He Read at a First Grade Level"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:right;  width:250px; padding:8px 10px 10px 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/upload\/2026\/05\/1780074655.jpg\" style=\"border:none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29\" title=\"A Teenager Could Rebuild Truck Engines and Tell Stories Like a Novelist Yet He Read at a First Grade Level\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/upload\/2026\/05\/1780074655.jpg\" alt=\"A Teenager Could Rebuild Truck Engines and Tell Stories Like a Novelist Yet He Read at a First Grade Level\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-style:italic; padding:8px 0px;\">Help Them Learn with Their Strengths challenges how schools and families understand students with dyslexia<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MARIETTA, GA &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>Sixteen-year-old Zane could take apart engines, diagnose mechanical problems, play trombone by ear, and tell gripping stories filled with detail and imagination. Yet despite those abilities, he struggled to read beyond a first-grade level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That contradiction sits at the heart of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Help-Them-Learn-their-Strengths\/dp\/1971095079\">Help Them Learn with Their Strengths: Case Studies of Students with Dyslexia<\/a> by <strong>M. Susan Grogan, Ph.D.,<\/strong> a deeply researched and emotionally grounded book exploring how dyslexic students are too often misunderstood inside traditional classrooms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Drawing from interviews and assessments involving 88 students with dyslexia, Grogan examines the frustration many children experience when their reading and writing difficulties overshadow their creativity, problem solving abilities, leadership, imagination, and other notable strengths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rather than treating dyslexia solely as a limitation, the book explores neurodiversity and the possibility that students who struggle academically may also demonstrate strengths in storytelling, visual spatial thinking, entrepreneurship, innovation, athletics, music, mechanics, and big picture problem solving.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Grogan does not dismiss the need for intensive reading intervention. In fact, the book strongly emphasizes early support and proper instruction. But alongside those interventions is a larger message: students with dyslexia should not spend their lives believing they are unintelligent simply because they learn differently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What makes the book especially compelling is its humanity. The case studies feel personal, emotional, and painfully familiar to many parents and educators who have watched bright children slowly lose confidence in themselves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Educators, parents, and readers interested in dyslexia, neurodiversity, and strength based learning can explore <em>Help Them Learn with Their Strengths<\/em> on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Help-Them-Learn-their-Strengths\/dp\/1971095079\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">M. Susan Grogan, Ph.D. is an educator, researcher, and dyslexia specialist whose work focuses on neurodiversity, literacy intervention, and helping students learn through their strengths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About Author&rsquo;s Tranquility Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Author&rsquo;s Tranquility Press helps authors bring meaningful stories to readers through personalized publishing, editorial support, marketing, and worldwide distribution.<\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:18px !important;'>Media Contact<\/span><br \/><strong>Company Name:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/companyname\/authorstranquilitypress.com\/_95808.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Author&#8217;s Tranquility Press<\/a><br \/><strong>Contact Person:<\/strong> Louela Sanders &#8211; Marketing Fulfillment Associate<br \/><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/email_contact_us.php?pr=a-teenager-could-rebuild-truck-engines-and-tell-stories-like-a-novelist-yet-he-read-at-a-first-grade-level\" rel=\"nofollow\">Send Email<\/a><br \/><strong>Phone:<\/strong> 8664118655<br \/><strong>Address:<\/strong>531 Roselane Street NW  Suite 400-175<br \/><strong>City:<\/strong> Marietta<br \/><strong>State:<\/strong> www.authorstranquilitypress.com\/<br \/><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorstranquilitypress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.authorstranquilitypress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/press_stat.php?pr=a-teenager-could-rebuild-truck-engines-and-tell-stories-like-a-novelist-yet-he-read-at-a-first-grade-level\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help Them Learn with Their Strengths challenges how schools and families understand students with dyslexia MARIETTA, GA &#8211;&nbsp;Sixteen-year-old Zane could take apart engines, diagnose mechanical problems, play trombone by ear, and tell gripping stories filled with detail and imagination. Yet &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/a-teenager-could-rebuild-truck-engines-and-tell-stories-like-a-novelist-yet-he-read-at-a-first-grade-level_816472.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[448],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-816472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Books-Literature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}