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Education > Tutoring
ADHD: When Your Child Needs a Tutor vs an Executive Functioning Coach
...students live. The breakdown isn't happening in comprehension; it's happening in the systems that govern starting,...division, doesn't understand photosynthesis Reading comprehension strategies Math skill building...division, doesn't understand photosynthesis Reading comprehension strategies Math skill building Test preparation...
Education > K-12
Gifted Students with Disabilities: Serving Twice Exceptional Learners in K-12
...solves complex math problems in his head but his reading comprehension scores say he needs intervention....complex math problems in his head but his reading comprehension scores say he needs intervention. The gifted coordinator...vocabulary knowledge, performing at grade level in reading despite never learning to decode fluently. Their...
Education > Accommodations
Standardized Testing Accommodations: Making Sure Your Child's IEP Supports Transfer to State Tests
...demonstrate their reading comprehension if...demonstrate their reading comprehension if given extra time...test still measures comprehension. Read-aloud on a...disability affects reading, reading the problem...affects reading, reading the problem aloud...Read-aloud on a reading comprehension passage...Read-aloud on a reading comprehension passage doesn't work...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
Executive Function Strategies That Work: A Parent's Guide for Students with Learning Differences
...limited, verbal instructions disappear, math steps get lost mid-problem, and reading comprehension suffers. Verbal rehearsal helps lock information in place....verbal instructions disappear, math steps get lost mid-problem, and reading comprehension suffers. Verbal rehearsal helps lock information in place. Before your...
Education > Special Education
The 13 Disability Categories Under IDEA: Who Qualifies for Special Education
...an IEP (specialized instruction). A child with the same diagnosis whose reading comprehension has fallen two years behind because of attention difficulties...(specialized instruction). A child with the same diagnosis whose reading comprehension has fallen two years behind because of attention difficulties would likely...
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
What Speech-Language Pathologists Actually Do: A Guide for Special Needs Families
...broader range of skills than pronunciation. They evaluate and treat language comprehension, social communication, feeding and swallowing, voice disorders, stuttering,...communication (pragmatics). This includes turn-taking in conversation, reading social cues, staying on topic, understanding...
Assistive Tech > Software
Best Text-to-Speech Software for Dyslexic Students: A K-12 Guide
...does not get smaller just because reading is hard. For a student with dyslexia,...school year until the resistance to reading extends far beyond the disability...highlighted text, they arrive at the comprehension step with the same information as...tier that covers most elementary reading needs without requiring a school...
Assistive Tech > Software
Assistive Technology Software for Learning Disabilities: A Complete Guide
...struggles to finish a reading assignment, or a student...four main categories: reading and text-to-speech support,...work is falling apart. Reading and Text-to-Speech Support....bottleneck from decoding to comprehension, where most dyslexic...high school students reading online textbooks and...dyslexia-friendly font while reading aloud, which helps students...
Education > Higher Education
Transitioning 2 Life Skills – From HS to Adult
...national Indicator 13 guidelines. They are written on a 3rd/4th grade reading level to provide independent use whenever possible but are written with...quiz or activity following so that teachers or parents can easily test comprehension. Grade checklists are provided for students and Parent Letters are included...
Special Needs > Dyslexia
4 Tips To Improve Reading Skills Even If You Have Dyslexia (Part 1)
...struggles with reading. They...read. Reading may be...Improve Reading Skills...Skills . Reading drills...improve reading fluency...Improve reading comprehension...reading comprehension by playing...playing a reading comprehension...reading comprehension game....activity...reading fluency....fluency. Reading Fluency...mechanics of reading, such...states that reading fluency...their reading skills....is that reading fluency...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Autism Spectrum: Improving Expressive Communication and Comprehension Skills
...have used over the years is the following. When reading a story to the student/child, I use different...showing me the appropriate color. Autism Spectrum Comprehension Activity The story might go something like this:...by Effervescing Elephant Autistic Spectrum Comprehension Questions. Then, questions might be something...
News > Employment
SpecialNeeds.com Appoints International "Go-To" Pro
...Terry has a record of realizing three years' grade-level advancement in reading, writing and math gains for her students in just one year. Students and...parent Karen Macy. Terry's developed her own games the Sentence Zone, the Comprehension Zone, and the Math Zone, based on years of scientific research showing...