2003-03-03 Helping Children Overcome Reading Difficulties

Almost everyone knows a story about the nice little youngster (or sometimes, a grownup) who works hard but can't seem to learn to read and to write. The child's mother works with him or her at home, reading to the child and reading with the child. The child has a tutor at school. The youngster tries with all his/her might, even to the point of tears, but the symbols and the words won't stick. The question is: what do we know about problem readers that will help us guide them? This digest will discuss children with reading difficulties and how these children can be helped to read and learn more effectively.

2003-01-17 What Works for Children with Literacy Difficulties?

In 1998 the National Foundation for Educational Research in England published What Works for Slow Readers? The Effectiveness of Early Intervention Schemes by Greg Brooks, Nicola Flanagan, Zenta Henkhuzens and Dougal Hutchison. Since then, the National Literacy Strategy and several Literacy Support intervention programmes supplementary to it have been introduced. A revised edition titled What Works for Children with Literacy Difficulties includes investigation of 25 schemes available to help children avoid or correct literacy problems.

2002-01-22 Tutoring Younger Students Helps Highschoolers' Reading

It is now common knowledge that early intervention is necessary to help slow readers; but it's never too late to improve skills, as this University of Florida program shows. High school students who tutor younger students improve their own reading ability. More...

2001-08-26 Helping the Problem Reader

There is growing evidence to suggest that there are no “poor” readers or “good” readers, per se, but instead only “slow” readers or “fast” readers and, often, determining into which category a child falls takes expert analysis. Every child can learn to read, but for some children, especially those with learning disorders, it can take a lot more time. Here are some strategies a parent can employ with a slow reader.

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