Assistive technology and learning difficulties expert, Julie Tasker, discusses the different types of assistive technologies available to students with learning difficulties and how they ‘even the playing field’. For more information and to learn how use the different types of … Continued
Fluent reading is defined as being able to read with speed and accuracy. It is an important skill for all readers to develop as there is a direct correlation between fluency and comprehension. Yet, fluency is a skill many struggling … Continued
The following post has kindly been contributed by Dr David Kilpatrick. Dr Kilpatrick is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York College, Cortland and a New York State Certified School Psychologist with the East … Continued
It is not uncommon for students, especially younger students, to have difficulty pronouncing and discriminating between /f/, /th/ and /v/ which then has a flow-on impact on spelling words containing these graphemes correctly. If students pronounce ‘with’ as /wif/, it is … Continued
Fluent reading depends on knowledge acquired from reading. Every time you read, you become more familiar with the vocabulary, the structures of sentences and the informational content. The greater your familiarity with this knowledge, the less time that is required … Continued