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EPISODE · Apr 22, 2026 · 23 MIN

Skip 'Sounding It Out' | This Mom Skipped 53 Reading Percentiles in 90 Minutes a Week

from The Parent Tap · host Ryan McDonough

We are constantly told that parenting is just about surviving the next phase, but what happens when the chaos becomes the permanent baseline of your house? If you are exhausted by nightly reading and writing battles, standard methods like "sounding it out" might be completely useless for your child's brain.Welcome back to The Parent Tap. Today, host Ryan McDonough sits down with Russell Van Brocklen, a New York State Senate-funded dyslexia researcher. He isn't here to offer feel-good theory; he is delivering an operational blueprint to fix your kitchen table battles. Russell breaks down his core philosophy: "If you can write, you can read," and proves it with staggering data.In this episode, we extract the blueprint on:The Brain Deficit: Why the front part of a dyslexic brain is 2.5 times overactive, and exactly how to harness it using word analysis.The Extreme Interest Hack: Why you must abandon standard school books and strictly use your child's "specialty" (from Disney to Sports).The 1.5 Hour Miracle: How a homeschooling mom helped her son jump from the 11th to the 64th percentile in reading by working just an hour and a half a week.The NASA Protocol: How a 10-year-old student is using the "Craft of Research" to write advanced paragraphs and prepare for academic publication.Connect with Russell Van BrocklenNYS Senate-funded dyslexia researcherDyslexiaClasses.com • 518-892-2202 • [email protected] the Free Guide: https://DyslexiaClasses.com🎵 Copyrighted music licensed from Lickd. https://lickd.coThese Eyes by Barrie Gledden, Tim Reilly, Kes Loy, https://t.lickd.co/l/Yjlb5bDyObgSend us Fan Mail👋 JOIN THE COMMUNITYStop surviving the chaos and start managing the system. * 🌐 Official Website & Blueprints: theparenttappod.com📺 Watch the Podcast on YouTube: @TheParentTap📸 Follow on Instagram: @TheParentTapPod🧸 Family Fun & Vlogs: Catch our family adventures on YouTube at @R-mak (Tiny Baker & Toy Fun!)Listen & Subscribe: If you found today’s SOP helpful, please subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It’s the #1 way to help us get these tactical blueprints to other working parents who need them.

We are constantly told that parenting is just about surviving the next phase, but what happens when the chaos becomes the permanent baseline of your house? If you are exhausted by nightly reading and writing battles, standard methods like "sounding it out" might be completely useless for your child's brain. Welcome back to The Parent Tap. Today, host Ryan McDonough sits down with Russell Van Brocklen, a New York State Senate-funded dyslexia researcher. He isn't here to offer feel-good theory...

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