The effectiveness of two teaching procedures--antecedent and contingent modeling--in teaching basic sight vocabulary to learning disabled children was tested with two primary-school-age boys with severe reading disabilities. (Author/DLS)

Described is a modified phonics approach to teaching syllabication skills to middle- and upper-grade remedial readers. (CL)

Taking high school students with reading difficulties to movies is often a more successful teaching method than requiring the same students to read novels. (GW)

Given are approximately 25 suggestions for parents to use to help their learning disabled children develop reading skills. (DB)

Remedial teaching methods for specific deficits in reading are suggested in chart form. (KW)

Tape recording part or all of books can be a help to students reading below grade level. (MKM)

Discussed is the Connectionist-Cue Concept (3 Cs Method), an approach to helping young reading disabled children see the relationship between visual symbols and speech sounds. (CL)

Four recommendations of a reading resource teacher on ways a regular class teacher could improve the word identification and general comprehension skills of her second grade student are explained. Available from: Allen Raymond, Inc., P.O. Box 1223, Darien, Connecticut 06820. (GW)

Compared were the visual-emphasis, auditory-phonic, kinesthetic, and Orton-Gillingham methods of remedial reading which were used singly with four groups of third graders (for a total of 136 students). (Author/MC)

Techniques used to teach reading to a 12-year-old total nonreader are described in the case study. (KW)

It is recommended that body exercises be used to teach directionality and laterality to children who exhibit reversals in writing, reading, or speaking. (GW)