A Reading and Language Intervention for Children with Down Syndrome - Teacher’s Handbook

A Reading and Language Intervention for Children with Down Syndrome - Teacher’s Handbook
Author: Kelly Burgoyne
Publisher: Down Syndrome Education International
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2012-12-11
Genre: Children with mental disabilities
ISBN: 1782610456

The Reading and Language Intervention for Children with Down Syndrome (RLI) teaches language and literacy skills following evidence-based principles adapted to meet the children’s specific learning needs. It is designed for pupils with Down syndrome aged 5 to 11 years. The intervention is suitable for beginning readers through to those with reading ages up to 8 years and for students with a wide range of language abilities. Teaching is adapted to meet individual needs through initial assessments of skills and regular monitoring of progress. Together with two accompanying DVDs illustrating teaching techniques and a CD of resources, the handbook offers teachers and teaching assistants the detailed guidance, assessment tools and example teaching materials needed to implement the intervention.

Reading Success in the Primary Years

Reading Success in the Primary Years
Author: Marleen F. Westerveld
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2020-05-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9811534926

This open access book describes the Reading Success project, in which a 5-step, assessment-to- intervention process, based on the Simple View of Reading, was used within a primary school setting in Australia to better support those students who struggle with reading. It provides an easily accessible overview of each step of the process involved in implementing this approach and highlights the crucial importance of collaboration between professionals involved in the teaching of reading within a school setting. It focuses on the decision-making processes used, such as rich dialogue with the leadership team and teachers, and shares participants’ perspectives gathered throughout the project. Using case studies, the book describes how the 5-step approach assists in creating detailed profiles of students’ strengths and weaknesses in spoken and written language skills that can be used to guide targeted intervention This book offers valuable insights for educators, speech pathologists, researchers, and pre-service teacher education students interested in the teaching of reading

Literacy Lessons Designed for Individuals

Literacy Lessons Designed for Individuals
Author: Marie M. Clay
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2016-07-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781407168951

Part of the highly successful early intervention programme Reading Recovery for children experiencing reading and writing difficulties. Literacy Lessons: Designed for Individuals, in two parts, provides administrators and specially-trained teachers with guidance for managing Reading Recovery. It answers the questions of Why?, When? and How? individual literacy lessons for young children at risk can be highly successful. This edition contains both Part One and Part Two (previously published in separate volumes). Part One helps practitioners to understand the latest theory and research surrounding Reading Recovery around the globe, giving insight into the importance of teacher-child conversation and exploring the relevance of phonemic awareness, spelling, phrasing and fluency in written language. Part Two is an essential resource to aid teaching of the Reading Recovery programme and is the perfect training manual for practising teachers.

Communication Skills in Children with Down Syndrome

Communication Skills in Children with Down Syndrome
Author: Libby Kumin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1994
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

Covers speech and language development in children with Down syndrome from infancy through to early adolescence, and what parents and carers can to to help maximise their child's communication potential.

Educating Learners with Down Syndrome

Educating Learners with Down Syndrome
Author: Rhonda Faragher
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2013-10-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134673353

For individuals with Down syndrome, the extent of the effect of intellectual disability depends largely on the degree of provision of appropriate support and intervention. In Educating Learners with Down Syndrome, editors Rhonda Faragher and Barbara Clarke have brought together a number of expert contributors, whose chapters review recent findings in the field of DS education, highlight promising practices, and identify areas for future research. While the emphasis is primarily on the school years, links to early intervention and to life post-16 are made, with chapters organized into three parts: conceptual overview of issues in learning and teaching, learning mathematics, and literacy development. The book is also united by the cohesive themes of assessment, evidence-based practice, and inclusive practices. Educating Learners with Down Syndrome importantly incorporates the voices of individuals with Down syndrome, whose personal narratives add significance to the research mission of the text and demonstrate the authors' inclusive philosophy. Aimed at researchers, teacher educators, higher degree students, and policy makers, this book is the first of its kind to provide a compendium of research on educating learners with Down syndrome.

Behavioural Phenotypes

Behavioural Phenotypes
Author: Gregory O'Brien
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1995
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781898683063

Increasing interest over recent years in the study of the influences of environment and genetic factors on behavioural disorder has come from a wide range of disciplines. These studies have subsequently been focused through the foundation of the Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes, which forms the basis for assimilating new information and coordinating future research in this field. This volume from founder members of the society presents a distillation of thinking and reviews appropriate measurement schedules. Including research findings, explanation of concepts, genetic scientific techniques and methodological issues, this work will be welcomed by those with an interest in behavioural disorder at every level.