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An Evaluation of Textual Prompts and Generalized Textual Instruction-Following
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Phillips, Cara L.; Vollmer, Timothy R.; Porter, Allen – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2019
The benefit of permanent prompts depends on the extent to which their use is generalized. Previous research has demonstrated both control by and efficacy of pictorial prompts (e.g., Phillips & Vollmer, 2012). The present studies similarly evaluated stimulus control by textual prompts. Six school aged children with intellectual disabilities…
Descriptors: Children, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Cues
Structured Literacy and Typical Literacy Practices: Understanding Differences to Create Instructional Opportunities
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Spear-Swerling, Louise – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2019
Structured Literacy (SL) approaches are often recommended for students with dyslexia and other poor decoders (e.g., International Dyslexia Association, 2017). Examples of SL approaches include the Wilson Reading System (Wilson, 1988), Orton-Gillingham (Gillingham & Stillman, 2014), the Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program (Lindamood &…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities
Early Screening for Risk of Reading Disabilities: Recommendations for a Four-Step Screening System
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Gilbert, Jennifer K.; Compton, Donald L.; Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2012
Response-to-intervention (RTI) models incorporate a screening process to identify students who appear to be at risk for learning disabilities (LDs). The purpose of this position article is to incorporate what is known about screening into a flexible, yet comprehensive screening system to help school psychologists and other school administrators in…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Screening Tests, Response to Intervention, Reading Difficulties
Poor Performance on Serial Visual Tasks in Persons with Reading Disabilities: Impaired Working Memory?
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Ram-Tsur, Ronit; Faust, Miriam; Zivotofsky, Ari Z. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2008
The present study investigates the performance of persons with reading disabilities (PRD) on a variety of sequential visual-comparison tasks that have different working-memory requirements. In addition, mediating relationships between the sequential comparison process and attention and memory skills were looked for. Our findings suggest that PRD…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Short Term Memory, Visual Perception, Attention
Coordinating Supplemental Reading Instruction
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Deeney, Theresa A. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2008
Although supplemental reading services are meant to improve reading achievement of struggling readers and students with reading disabilities, without concerted effort to ensure communication and coordination with in-school instruction, they may fall short of their desired mark. To promote learning, it is critical that any services provided outside…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Supplementary Education
Reading Disability Subtypes in Neurologically-Impaired Students.
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Dorman, Casey – Annals of Dyslexia, 1987
Reading disability subtypes were determined in 50 neurologically impaired students (ages 11-19), with and without reading disabilities. Subtypes found primarily in the reading-disabled sample were anomic-language disorder, dysphonetic and mixed dysphonetic-dyseidetic, oral reading deficit, intermodal association deficit, and sequential relations…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Diagnosis, Eidetic Imagery, Handicap Identification