Lisa Rappaport, PARENTING DYSLEXIA: A Comprehensive Guide to Helping Kids Develop Confidence, Combat Shame, and Achieve Their True Potential
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Zibby is joined by licensed psychologist and dyslexia expert Dr. Lisa Rappaport to discuss PARENTING DYSLEXIA, a compassionate guide to help parents and others support dyslexic learners of all ages. Lisa shares her journey, from nearly dropping out of high school due to undiagnosed dyslexia to earning a PhD. Together, they reflect on the emotional toll of learning struggles, the shame that can surround them, and the transformative power of support, humor, and perseverance. With candid stories and actionable advice, this one’s a must-listen for parents navigating similar challenges!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive |
| 0:24.0 | look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't |
| 0:29.3 | have to. |
| 0:30.3 | Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day. |
| 0:36.2 | For more information, go to zibbmedia.com and follow me on Instagram |
| 0:40.2 | at Zibby Owens. Lisa Rapaport is the author of Parenting Dyslexia, a comprehensive guide to |
| 0:49.1 | helping kids develop confidence, combat shame, and achieve their true potential. Lisa is a licensed |
| 0:54.0 | psychologist and private practice in Manhattan. |
| 0:56.6 | She has extensive training and experience in treating children and adults with dyslexia |
| 1:00.6 | and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. |
| 1:03.1 | In addition to her private practice, Dr. Rappaport is also on the faculty at the Rose |
| 1:08.0 | F. Kennedy Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center at the |
| 1:11.7 | Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She lives in Manhattan |
| 1:16.1 | with her husband and two children. Welcome, Lisa. I'm so, so excited to welcome you on my show |
| 1:22.4 | to talk about parenting dyslexia, a comprehensive guide to helping kids develop confidence, combat shame, |
| 1:28.4 | and achieve their true potential. Yay. |
| 1:31.2 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:33.0 | So this is so special because we are parents at the same school. |
| 1:37.9 | And how many years ago did we take a walk and you took for, what was it called, |
| 1:43.1 | safety patrol and you were talking about maybe doing a book? When was that? Like, didn't that, wasn't that when I found out I was pregnant? Wasn't that like 10 years ago? I was going to say it was 10 years ago. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, because I feel like on the walk, I like pulled over and found out from the doctor that I was officially pregnant or something like that. I don't know. Anyway, and I have a 10-year-old. So this, I feel like |
| 2:06.2 | just so excited for you that it has come to be and just I'm over the moon. Okay, tell everybody |
| 2:12.1 | about the book and why, what's happened in the 10 years that has led this book to come into the world so the |
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