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Taking on a Learning Disability: At the Crossroads of Special Education and Adolescent Literacy Learning
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McCloskey, Erin – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012
In the United States, approximately 2.5 million students are diagnosed as having a learning disability and the majority of those children are placed in special education because of an inability to read as expected. As a result of this diagnosis, these children may be placed in special education classrooms--classrooms that are separate from the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Special Education, Adolescents
Implementing Intensive Vocabulary Instruction for Students at Risk for Reading Disability
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Pullen, Paige C.; Tuckwiller, Elizabeth D.; Ashworth, Kristen; Lovelace, Shelly P.; Cash, Deanna – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2011
Concerns regarding literacy levels in the United States are long standing. Debates have existed for decades regarding the most effective ways to teach reading, especially the polarizing dilemma of how much to focus on decoding versus code-emphasis and whole language instruction. Fortunately, as a result of concentrated research efforts and…
Descriptors: Report Cards, Reading Difficulties, Beginning Reading, Reading Failure
The Case for the Narrow View of Reading
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Kamhi, Alan G. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2009
Purpose: This prologue reiterates the case for the narrow view of reading as a solution to the persistently high levels of reading failure that occurs in our schools and provides a brief summary of the 5 response articles. Method: The arguments that support the narrow view of reading are presented and the respondents are introduced. Conclusion:…
Descriptors: Reading Failure, Decoding (Reading), Literature Reviews, Reading Skills
Effective Instruction for Adolescent Struggling Readers: Professional Development Module. Second Edition. Facilitator's Guide
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Murray, Christy S.; Wexler, Jade; Vaughn, Sharon; Roberts, Greg; Tackett, Kathryn Klingler; Boardman, Alison Gould; Miller, Debby; Kosanovich, Marcia – Center on Instruction, 2010
Effective reading interventions for students struggling in the early grades have been a focus of considerable research over the past 20 years (Foorman, Francis, Fletcher, Schatschneider, & Mehta, 1998; Foorman & Torgesen, 2001; Geva & Siegel, 2000; Klingner & Vaughn, 1996). Comparable research targeting older struggling students has only recently…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Difficulties, Reading Failure, Adolescents
Using Information from an Early Intervention Program to Enhance Literacy Goals on the Individualized Education Program (IEP)
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O'Connor, Evelyn A.; Yasik, Anastasia E. – Reading Psychology, 2007
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires that an Individualized Education Program (IEP) be developed for each child that receives special education services. To develop the most effective IEP, information is gathered from everyone who has worked with the child. In many schools the child receives early intervention services prior to…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Disabilities, Special Education, Reading Failure
Addressing Individual Difficulties in Reading: Issues Relating to Reading Recovery and Pause, Prompt, Praise
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Wearmouth, Janice – Literacy, 2004
Recently the DfES has issued guidance on ways to address the needs of students who experience difficulties in literacy through Wave Three provision in the National Literacy Strategy (DfES, 2002). This guidance raises the issue of what kind of programmes might be initiated in mainstream schools that will improve what is available generally for…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Failure, Reading Processes, Positive Reinforcement