Reading Instruction for Students Who Are at Risk or Have Disabilities

Reading Instruction for Students Who Are at Risk or Have Disabilities, 1/E William D. Bursuck,University of North Carolina - Greensboro Mary Damer,OhioState University ISBN: 0205404049 "While the first chapter captures the very essence of teaching reading, the rest of the text is an absolute gold mine of additional research based instructional strategies appropriate for the college student, the first year teacher, and the veteran reading teacher. I wish I had written it!" -Pam Matlock, Murray State University This exciting new text presents strategies for teaching children who are at-risk, including children with learning and behavioral disabilities, children of poverty, and children who speak English as a second language. More than just a list, the text integrates scientifically-validated practices into a systematic teaching process that uses data from students in authentic classrooms to guide practice. In fact, many of the strategies come from Bursuck and Damer's own recent fieldwork done through a four-year federally-funded grant to implement an extensive reading problem prevention model in three K-3 inner-city schools.Reading Instruction for Students Who Are at Risk or Have Disabilitiesis organized according to the Reading First categories of reading development and instruction as they were presented by the National Reading Panel. Unique features of the text include: Teaching strategies tied to the results of curriculum-based assessments. Teachers are shown the results for a range of different students, as well as how to translate those results into a teaching program. Strategies for individualizinginstruction forchildren who are bilingual and/or ESLincluded within each chapter. Strategies forteaching oral expressive and receptive language, including vocabulary, integrated into all sections of the text. An integrated approach to literacy, wherein content and instruction in spelling, handwriting, and written expression are integrated carefully into all the chapters in the text that stress reading outcomes. Stress onhow to adapt existing curricular materials to meet the needs of children who are at-riskby including amaterials adaptation section in each chapter. Actual examples of adaptations are shown.William D. Bursuck is the author of 'Reading Instruction for Students Who Are at Risk or Have Disabilities', published 2006 under ISBN 9780205404049 and ISBN 0205404049.