reading disability

Eleven-year-old Cyrus knows that he is not cut out to be a football hero or fireman like his adopted father, but it takes a skittish stray dog to teach him that he, too, can be brave.

"This practitioner resource and course text has given thousands of K-12 teachers evidence based tools for helping students--particularly those at risk for reading difficulties--understand and acquire new knowledge from text. The authors present a range of scientifically validated instructional techniques and activities, complete with helpful classroom examples and sample lessons. The book describes ways to assess comprehension; build the skills that good readers rely on; and teach students to use multiple comprehension strategies flexibly and effectively. Each chapter features thought provoking discussion questions. Reproducible lesson plans and graphic organizers can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size"--.

"When a well-known author visits their school, Hank and his two best friends get the chance to be her guide for the day and introduce her at an assembly, but the situation forces Hank to find creative ways to hide his struggles with reading"--Provided by publisher.

"This book tells a tale, in an . . . account of how an understanding of intellectual disability can transform our understanding of narrative. Instead of focusing on characters with disabilities, it shows how ideas about intellectual disability inform an astonishingly wide array of narrative strategies, providing a new and . . . way of thinking through questions of time."--Provided by publisher.

Explains how to administer a traditional assessment battery to diagnose reading problems and how to interpret scores; provides instruction on how to correct reading problems, discussing tutoring strategies for students at different grade levels; and includes case studies, as well as information on the clinical training of reading teachers.

A resource for parents, teachers and struggling reader that brings together and synthesizes all the relevant elements that can help solve the dyslexia puzzle---science, education, and public policy.

Provides intervention instruction for struggling readers that covers the most important aspects of literacy including oral language, phonemic awareness, word recognition, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and writing.