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Louise Spear Swerling
Dr. Louise Spear-Swerling
Literacy Expert
The Role of Structured Literacy Instruction in Every Child's Education
December 1, 2021

Structured Literacy (SL) approaches share a focus on certain types of content, and they exemplify specific instructional features.

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Dr. Stephanie Stollar
Dr. Stephanie Stollar
Creator of The Reading Science Academy and assistant professor in the reading science program at Mount St. Joseph University
What Makes Intervention Instruction More Intensive?
November 2, 2021

One pervasive myth about dyslexia is that students with this neurobiological difference can’t or won’t learn to read. Fortunately, research indicates that this is not the case.

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Lee-Ann Tolfree Mertzlufft
 
Understanding Dyslexia Today: An Interview with Dr. Suzanne Carreker and Lee-Ann Tolfree Mertzlufft
October 5, 2021

Dyslexia, the most common learning disability, affects as much as 15% to 20% of the population. What exactly is this learning difference? How can educators better understand dyslexia? And how can we best meet the needs of students with dyslexia today?

 
Dr. Ruth Kaminski
Dr. Ruth Kaminski
Co-author of Acadience® Reading
Screening for Dyslexia: Not a “One-and-Done” Event By Dr. Ruth Kaminski, Acadience Learning
October 5, 2021

Reading disorders, including dyslexia, are an important issue meriting our attention. As of this writing, almost all 50 states have legislative rules and guidelines for identifying dyslexia (National Center on Improving Literacy). As someone who has spent over 30 years developing and researching assessments for the purpose of preventing reading disabilities, I believe it is time to reflect on what is known about screening and assessment and ask, “How does screening specifically for dyslexia differ from best practices in screening to prevent reading difficulties?”

 
Hannah Irion-Frake
Hannah Irion-Frake
Literacy Coach and Reading Interventionist, Lewisburg, PA
Elementary Literacy Intervention: What You Need to Know This School Year
September 23, 2021

The simple view of reading states that reading comprehension is the product of word recognition and language comprehension. This simple, yet powerful, equation informs both my beginning-of-the-year assessments and the reading interventions I provide for my third-grade students. Since my end goal is reading comprehension, I need to assess and support my students in both their word-recognition skills and their language comprehension abilities

 
Marilyn Sprick
Marilyn Sprick
Author of Readwell
Intensifying Literacy Instruction: COVID’s Silver Lining
September 14, 2021

During normal times, two groups of students have been at the heart of my literacy work. They are our fragile readers—fragile because they are young and just beginning to read, or fragile because they are older students who haven’t read well for years. As we navigate through these COVID years, we continue to hear messages of hope for these students.