This case study investigated the effect of reading interventions on special education English language learner (ELL) students. This study implemented teaching intervention strategies to assist the study participants struggling with reading and comprehension skills. I observed these participants using reading interventions. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to research why many special education ELL students struggle to read in English and fall behind their native English-speaking peers. The target population for the study was students who speak Spanish and French Creole in Grades 8, 9, and 10, and it was conducted in a special education setting in a middle school and high school. The sampling method was stratified; it required placing participants to into subgroups. The data analysis method was a conceptual framework because it could show connections between concepts, ideas, and relationships in a research study manually, so the researcher used no software to assist in analyzing the research study. The researcher showed the participants the reciprocal reading intervention during the reading intervention sessions. The method of data collection used for this qualitative case study was reading benchmark assessments, reading session observations using reading interventions, and reciprocal intervention graphic organizers. The researcher then created codes based on the literature review in Section 2 and the transcripts from the data collection. There was an effect on the special education ELL students' reading and comprehension skills while using intervention strategies. The reading intervention strategies used with Spanish-speaking and French Creole-speaking students had similar results on their reading and comprehension skills. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]