As part of the special education curriculum developed by the Puerto Rico Department of Public Instruction, this teacher's guide (in Spanish) presents a basic curriculum for reading skills. The curriculum is designed so that the defined skills will meet the needs of children with disabilities. The form in which teachers and other professionals will…

THE LEXINGTON SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF EDUCATIONAL SERIES CONSISTS OF A COLLECTION OF MONOGRAPHS, REPRESENTING THE THINKING OF SKILLED TEACHERS IN A PARTICULAR SUBJECT AREA. THIS MONOGRAPH PRESENTS TEACHERS OF THE DEAF WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM FOR TEACHING READING. THE PHILOSOPHY OF THIS PROGRAM IS EXPLAINED, AND VARIOUS TECHNIQUES FOR MOTIVATION…

This curriculum offers an eclectic, multisensorial, holistic, and flexible approach to reading. Sections I and II are an introduction and information on using the curriculum. Section III offers strategies for working with adults. Section IV describes means of formal and informal assessment of the learner. Section V presents an overview of ways…

This guide is intended to assist teachers and volunteer tutors who are teaching adults and teenagers to read. The nature and extent of the adult illiteracy problem and the process of learning to read are discussed in the first chapter. The characteristics that are desirable in basic reading tutors and those that are encountered in adult learners…