How can I help my daughter comprehend what she is reading?

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My daughter has a processing disorder. When she reads things she doesn’t remember/comprehend what she is reading. I pulled her from school am going to homeschool her because she isn’t getting the help she needs. What are some ways I can help her with reading?

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My daughter has the same problem but I kept her in school and made sure they were following her IEP. I know I don’t have the right resources/knowledge to help her by myself at home and I know she needs a trained professional so I felt that keeping her in school was the better option for us

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Sometimes I’ll write what I’m reading so it sticks, it’s helped me memorize for sure, I also read outloud… For some reason when I read to myself my thoughts wander EVERYWHERE, but when I’m reading out loud AND following my words in the book, it just seems to STICK better🤷‍♀️ hope this helps❤️

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I had a iep for that all through school nothing really helped me other than going to smaller classes with other kids who had the same thing I did and we went over everything together

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Back in school with an IEP. Worked wonders with my son.

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When my son was failing reading we would take turns reading to each other. I’d read a page then he would. After the required pages I would have him describe it back to me.

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I would start with her reading out loud to me. After every few sentences I’d ask a question. So if the dog just barked at Jon, I’d ask “what did the dog just do?”

Im not a reading specialist tho.

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There is a Programme you can follow called BRP. You read a hundred words and look for errors. You then go over the errors - do they make sense, did the word have the same shape or letters etc. You then ask questions about what you read. They should be getting a few errors. The next session you read the same again and read something new for another hundred words. The next session you do the same two hundred and add another hundred. Then keep reading three hundred with a progress of 100 each time. If you’re not getting many errors, try a harder book or read for more than 100 words. This re-teaches the brain how to process words and can also help with comprehension skills. Try to ask a mix of fact-based and intuitive questions.