Educational Psychology Toolbox
Teachers, parents, EPs (and anyone else) are welcome to use these resources.
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Paired Reading Precision Teaching Reversals Smooth Phonics Dyslexia KidsSkills
PAIRED READING accelerates reading progress This is probably the most cost-effective way of getting acceleration in reading progress.
You train the parents or volunteers. They do the intervention. Ask your EP for help in running a training meeting for helpers and children together. See the research evidence in the leaflet. Print the leaflet to give to helpers.
Reduce on a photocopier to create an A5 folding leaflet
Use this technique when a child is not retaining basic learning despite your usual group interventions. It requires about 5 minutes a day one-to-one. The page has a brief summary instruction sheets, recording chart and sample worksheets (probes) (Click on the heading)
REVERSALS: when children read or write letters back to front.
Using directional pictograms related to reading direction
Using precision teaching to practise discrimination of correct/mirrored. There are ready-made probes here!
EP toolbox page on helping with Reversals
SMOOTH PHONICS sounding out without the gaps
EPTB recommends using continuous blending (mmaann) rather than sounding out with gaps (m / a / n). Research evidence backs this up. Some children can't cope with gappy phonics.
KIDS SKILLS for emotional, social and other skills
Kids Skills is a wonderful way to involve children in their own change... ideal for emotional, social and behaviour skills, but also for independence skills, concentration, task-completion etc etc. By Ben Furman from Finland. If it seems too complicated, adapt it to suit your child. I suggest you look at ordinary Kids Skills first, leave Online, and "Bam" till later. Kids Skills in a nutshell: << Look here first... Then>> Kids Skills: full details Kids skills on one page. This is my one-page summary. Go to Ben Furman’s fun website, and send off for his colourful posters and/or workbooks. Ask me to show you samples.
VIDEO: Kids Skills online: On this video Ben Furman demonstrates the online version of the programme. Looks good, but maybe it's easier to start with the books and posters )
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I'd be interested to hear how any of these ideas worked for you, and I'd love to receive your ideas to put on the website.
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