Tools and Strategies to Support Struggling Readers & Students with Dyslexia in the Core Curriculum

ESSEI Conference, 2018

David Davis - david@tlc-mtss.com

PS/RtI Technology & Learning Connections Project

University of South Florida

https://www.tlc-mtss.com

Students who struggle with reading and students with reading disabilities share many of the same challenges, just at different levels of severity. The tools and strategies that can help students with reading disabilities can also help students who struggle with reading and reading comprehension.

This online resource was created as part of a presentation at the ESSEI Conference, 2018, in Orlando Florida.

Definition: Learning Disabilities

The term “learning disabilities”, sometimes referred to as specific learning disabilities, is an umbrella term that covers a range of neurologically based disorders in learning and various degrees of severity of such disorders.

Broadly speaking, these disorders involve difficulty in one or more, but not uniformly in all, basic psychological processes: (1) input (auditory and visual perception), (2) integration (sequencing, abstraction, and organization), (3) memory (working, short term, and long term memory), (4) output (expressive language), and (5) motor (fine and gross motor). (https://ldaamerica.org/advocacy/lda-position-papers/what-are-learning-disabilities)

Definition: Reading Disability

A reading disability is a condition in which a sufferer displays difficulty reading. Examples of reading disabilities include: Developmental Dyslexia, Alexia (acquired dyslexia), and Hyperlexia (word-reading ability well above normal for age and IQ). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_disability)

Definition: Dyslexia

Dyslexia is an unexpected difficulty in reading for an individual who has the intelligence to be a much better reader. It is most commonly due to a difficulty in phonological processing (the appreciation of the individual sounds of spoken language), which affects the ability of an individual to speak, read, spell and, often, learn a second language. (http://dyslexia.yale.edu/dyslexia)

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