Supporting school systems to effectively teach essential literacy content to all students, including students with or at risk for literacy-related disabilities.
Building capacity related to implementation of a universal screening process to identify students at risk for reading difficulties, including dyslexia.
Intensification of instruction and intervention to comprehensively support the individual needs of students with or at risk for literacy-related disabilities.
Use of Response to Intervention in reading to determine special education eligibility in schools that use a multi-tiered systems of support approach.
Liaisons
Our liaisons provide technical assistance to Regional Comprehensive Center (RCC) staff so they may better assist SEAs in developing and implementing state and local structures, procedures and policies to address student challenges in learning to read and write.
- Sarah Sayko: Regions 1-9, the National Comprehensive Center
- Brian Gearin: Regions 10-19
Signs of typical reading development and possible indicators of risk for dyslexia.
In this tutorial, you will learn evidence-based information about your child’s reading development from preschool through adolescence, all in an interactive online experience.
Reading skills provide the foundation for academic success. From the beginning of school, students should be taught different ways of using language to help them learn and communicate about academic content. This brief discusses two areas of literacy development that students must learn so that they can do well in school: foundational reading skills and academic language.
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Dr. Gersten and Dr. Vaughn share their ideas about why RtI has spread rapidly as a solution to helping struggling students.
Topic: General Literacy
This document provides an overview of how Idaho aims to promote literacy from birth to graduation.
Topic: Advocacy, Professional Development
Technical assistance providers can use this template to facilitate conversations with state staff about setting a policy climate for implementation of Response to Intervention frameworks in reading at the district and school level.
Topic: General Literacy
Nonverbal Learning Disabilities
Definition
A brain-based disorder that makes it hard to understand communication like body language, tone of voice, and facial expressions.
The research reported here is funded by awards to the National Center on Improving Literacy from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, in partnership with the Office of Special Education Programs (Award #: S283D160003). The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of OESE, OSEP, or the U.S. Department of Education. Copyright © 2021 National Center on Improving Literacy. https://improvingliterarcy.org
