The idea of this book arose out of an awareness that students with language learning disabilities are completely ignored in the Egyptian school system and there are no special programs that cater to these students. They are placed in normal schools that are not prepared to deal with their unique difficulties. This book, therefore, is an attempt to…

As early as preschool, children who struggle with emergent literacy skills can benefit from effective response to intervention. Don't wait until later grades when they've already fallen behind--improve their literacy skills now with this evidence-based Tier 2 RTI curriculum, ready for any pre-K educator to pick up and use right away. Created by…

This manual is intended as a handbook for reading teachers and others who are serving as presenters in workshops designed to help classroom teachers solve student reading-related problems. Following a depiction of the Independent Classroom Problem-Solving Model, the basis of the workshops, the manual outlines each step of the model by giving…

Discover an innovative teaching model that brings children of similar abilities together in small groups for paced instruction that maximizes learning. Based on best practices, the model's step-by-step lesson plans reflect the developmental stages of the reading process and provide students with opportunities to engage in guided reading, word…

For students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities--and for their peers--creative teaching methods that use two or more senses can dramatically improve language skills and academic outcomes. That is why every current and future educator needs the second edition of this definitive guide to multisensory teaching. A core text for a variety of…

This guide for parents of children with dyslexia begins with case summaries of several children who exhibited reading and other academic problems that were later diagnosed as dyslexia. Misconceptions about dyslexia are refuted, and developmental problems in the areas of auditory perception, visual perception, and language processing are discussed.…