
Included are easy-to-follow explanations of the various courses of reading disabilities and over 100 reproducible assessment devices, corrective activity sheets, and other aids. And all of this material is printed in a big 8-1/4" x 11" format for easy photocopying of test and activity pages as many times as needed for use with individual students, small groups, or an entire class!
Here are just a few of the special features you'll find in the Handbook: case studies of actual children showing how reading problems are caused by different kinds of factorsscores of ready-to-use assessment devices to help you accurately identify a child's specific reading weaknessesa complete Individual Reading Inventory for determining a student's independent, instructional, and frustration reading levelsstep-by-step directions for using oral reading miscue analysis effectivelyreproducible activity sheets for improving students' ability in visual perception, letter identification, sight word recognition, graphophonic analysis, structural analysis, semantic analysis, and reading comprehensiona description of the contemporary Reading Recovery Program which is being used with at-risk childrenspecific strategies for use with learning handicapped childrenappendices listing publishers/distributors of actual computer software and materials for improving competency in word identification and comprehension skills.
In short, "Complete Reading Disabilities Handbook"is brimming with ready-to-use, classroom-tested strategies and materials for working with reading disabled children. It will be an invaluable, time-saving resource for all teachers in the effort to help each child achieve his/her optimal potential in reading.
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