Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading Difficulties

1. Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading Difficulties Facilitator Name & Credentials Reading 415

2. Week One • Stages of Reading • Factors Affecting Reading Success and Failure • Types of Reading Difficulties

3. Week One Objectives • Identify the stages of reading development. • Identify factors that affect reading success or failure. • Examine how writing may influence reading success or failure. • Identify reading difficulties that students experience.

4. Source: Gillet, et. al. (2012) READING ACQUISITION Stages of Reading Acquisition • Emergent literacy • Early reading – Grades K–1 • Growing independence-fluency level – Grades 2–3 • Reading to learn – Grades 4–6 • Abstract reading

5. Source: Gillet, et. al. (2012) READING ACQUISITION The Interactive Nature of the Reading Process • Reading is a parallel process rather than sequential process. • Listening, speaking, reading, and writing • Reading and writing are complementary processes. • Orthographic, phonological, meaning, and context • Reading instruction has five interrelated components: reader, text, instructional approach, and context.

6. Source: Gillet, et. al. (2012) READING SUCCESS AND FAILURE Factors That Affect Reading Success or Failure • Environment • Socioeconomics • Cultural • Language acquisition and development • Biogenetics • Cognitive aptitude • Prior knowledge and experience • Instructional delivery • Learner attitude and learned helplessness

7. Source: Gillet, et. al. (2012) READING SUCCESS AND FAILURE How Writing Can Influence Reading Success or Failure • Importance of integrating reading and writing • Writing experiences can help a child’s reading and visualization abilities. • Allow successful approximations of spelling. • Importance of writing in student’s processing of information, such as response journals, note-taking, and clarifying information

8. Source: Gillet, et. al. (2012) READING SUCCESS AND FAILURE Types of Reading Difficulties • Dyslexia • Aphasia • Dysgraphia • Strephosymbolia – letter reversal • Slow processing speed • Decoding problems • Lack of reading strategies • Comprehension problems • Recall and retrieval problems • Lack of fluency • Lack of motivation • Aliteracy

9. Conclusion • Add any final notes or announcements for the next class meeting. • Post the presentation AFTER the first night of class.

10. References Gillet, J. W., Temple, C., Temple, C. , & Crawford, A. N. (2012). Understanding reading problems: Assessment and instruction (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.