If you have a struggling teen reader at home there's good news. According to the May 2008 edition of the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy one-on-one tutoring can help. One great way to help your struggling teen is through building his/her vocabulary skills. This can be done at home by teaching some simple root words, prefixes and suffixes. I found the following link that will lead you to a user friendly list: http://www.betterendings.org/homeschool/Words/Root%20Words.htm. Don't overwhelm your child by teaching too many at one time.