I know this is kind of a weird question but my DH has no reading comprehension skills. Give him a book of computer code and he can do that all day long, but try to read a paragraph to him out of something else and he will get frustrated to the point of yelling. Is there anything out there that will help him without making him feel like an idiot?
Reading Comprehension from Varied Subject Matter by EPS. It's for 2nd thru 12th, but it's not as childish as most of the stuff out there. There are stories from history, science, math, literature, etc. followed by questions. They start short with easy questions (multiple choice) and get much harder at the end. You will sometimes find things that appeal to kids (like a recipe for making fruit pizza), but for the most part, they're a no-frills workbook set, and they'd be interesting to adults. Another publisher that is for adults is Steck-Vaughn. I don't know what they have, but my mom uses them (teaches adult ed & GED).
Its when he reads to himself as well. We have tried reading outloud to see if that helps but its just as frustrating. I will check out all the suggestions and welcome any more. This is really hard for me because I come from a family of avid readers and sometimes in my more "fleshly" moments have to bite my tongue about it as I truly can't understand why its so hard to understand!
With any program you try, it'll probably have the text followed by questions. One method of learning quickly how to use them is to read the questions first and then read the text. (It's how test taking skill books teach it, too.) It helps you zero in on the important points and ignore the rest. Another thing (for longer texts) is to mentally or physically write an outline as you go so that you train your brain to look for important points and important twists. After a while, those things will come naturally so that you no longer need questions or outlines to understand and retain what's being told.
