New Readers for a New Year
Learning to read is an ongoing task. Even the best of readers can fine-tune their skills. Dedicate 2011 to reinventing your child — or yourself — as a more proficient reader.
The Keys to Remembering What You Read
Taking notes is a great way to boost retention and understanding. Here are a number of note-taking strategies that can help students become more independent and engaged readers.
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Read Aloud, Read Along, Read Appropriately to Foster Flexible Readers
There are four levels of reading, according to the National Assessment for Educational Progress: initial understanding, interpretation, developing a personal response, and evaluating. To move up the skill ladder, students should practice reading aloud, reading along, and reading appropriately.
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Recommended Book
Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic who Turned a Bright Idea Into One of America's Best Companies
The now-retired founder of Kinko's explains how he came to see his learning difficulties as opportunities, and turned a tiny California copy shop into a $2-billion-a-year company.
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Lindamood-Bell's International Conference
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes will hold its 17th Annual International Conference — The Sensory-Language Connection for Learning: Dyslexia, Hyperlexia, Autism — on March 10-12 at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel® & Spa in Anaheim, CA. Keynote speakers include Nanci Bell, Allan Paivio, and the Honorable Robert Pasternack. Conference will include research presentations and Lindamood-Bell® workshops.
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Ask the Expert
A parent wants to know: My son is in kindergarten and cannot write his name, but the psychologist says he's on track. Should I request testing anyway?
Dr. Larry Silver, child and adolescent psychiatrist, says there are opportunities to evaluate 5-year-olds who are making slow progress but are not yet behind.
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Effective Reading Interventions for Kids with LD
Get research-based information and advice for finding the right reading program for your child with a learning disability.
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From Launching Young Readers
The video Michael's Successful Summer explains how a summer reading program using explicit instruction, a slow pace, and repetition helped one student with dyslexia see himself as a reader.
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LDA's Annual Conference
Don't forget to register for the Learning Disabilities Association of America's 48th annual conference, to be held Feb. 23-26 in Jacksonville, Fla.
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In the News
- Study Finds Special Educators Get Less Mentoring
- Acclaimed Children's Books Have Few Characters with Disabilities
- Report: D.C. Special Education Better, But 'Core Problems' Linger
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