Anna,

Your daughter needs to pay attention to how she is processing her environment, TV and reading. If she has to strain to focus, she has overdone it. Needing to reread a line of text is the same. She may not need to rest when she has hit her limit reading. She may just need to change to an activity that uses a different part of the brain.

The important thing is for her to learn how to recognize her limits. When she can do that and is willing to take charge of her recovery, you can let her set her own limits. If she is a disciplined person, letting her set these limits will be good for her confidence.

I used to spend a while on the computer. Notice a need to reread a line and go to the TV room and watch a documentary show or something light. Or spend time with my dogs. It was as if I was ADD. I just switched activities through out the day.

When she reads, it may help if she uses a blank sheet of paper to hide the text below the line she is reading. Reducing the visual clutter may enable her to better focus on the text.

It may also help if she has access to head phones when she watches TV. Getting a more direct TV audio that is not contrasted with ambient sounds can make TV watching much easier.