Reading & Dyslexia
Approximately 80 percent of students with learning disabilities have been described as reading disabled. Resources within this section provide information and advice on what parents and educators can do to help students with LD gain reading skills.
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Informed Instruction for Reading Success: Foundations for Teacher Preparation
Teachers: The Key to Helping America Read
A Scientific Approach to Reading Instruction
The good news is that we have had a scientific breakthrough in our knowledge about the development of literacy. We know a great deal about how to address reading problems even before they begin...The tragedy is that we are not exploiting what we know about reducing the incidence of reading failure. Specifically, the instruction currently being provided to our children does not reflect what we know from research.
Learning to Read, Reading to Learn
Thousands of children have a learning disability, and many more fail in school because of difficulties in learning to read. An analysis of decades of research about how young children can best learn to read indicates that, in most cases, these difficulties can be prevented. The following are concrete strategies teachers can use to help students build a solid foundation for reading.
Multisensory Structured Language Programs: Content and Principles of Instruction
The goal of any multisensory structured language program is to develop a student's independent ability to read, write and understand the language studied.
Beginning Reading and Phonological Awareness for Students with Learning Disabilities