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Lemons, Christopher J.; Fuchs, Douglas – Reading Research Quarterly, 2010
Practitioners are increasingly expected to provide reading instruction to students with intellectual disabilities to help them become literate. Whereas explicit, systematic reading instruction is effective at preventing reading difficulties for most young children, its effectiveness for children with intellectual disabilities remains unclear. The…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Beginning Reading, Sight Vocabulary
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Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Thompson, Anneke; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Yen, Loulee; Yang, Nancy J.; Braun, Mary; O'Connor, Rollanda E. – Exceptional Children, 2002
A study explored the effectiveness and feasibility of phonological awareness (PA) training with and without beginning decoding components for 25 kindergartners with disabilities in inclusive schools. Students with special needs participating in PA with beginning decoding instruction did better than those just receiving PA and controls. (Contains…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Disabilities, Elementary Education
Fuchs, Douglas – 2001
This final report, covering the period September 1, 1997 to August 31, 2001, discusses the development, activities, and outcomes of Upgrading Preparatory Work To Augment Reading Development: UPWARD for Students with Disabilities, a multi-faceted program for providing children with disabilities intensive, phonological awareness and other early…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cooperative Learning, Decoding (Reading), Disabilities