This book describes the three-tiered model of reading intervention, which identifies and provides services to students with reading disabilities. It shares what is known about research-validated practices for each tier of reading interventions. The first tier, primary intervention, provides a fundamentally sound core reading program for all students in early grades. Secondary intervention includes supplementary reading instruction for children who experience early difficulties learning to read. The third tier, tertiary intervention, includes additional instruction for children who still have problems with reading despite the supplemental instruction. Children in the third tier would likely have learning disabilities and would qualify for special education services. The volume will summarize research findings about effective reading intervention at each of the three tiers, for whom specific interventions have been validated, and under what conditions or in what settings interventions have been effective.

 

 

There are 352 pages in this book. This book was published in 2007 by Brookes Publishing Co .

Deborah K. Reed, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the School of Teacher Education and the Florida Center for Reading Research at Florida State University. She is a former middle and high school teacher who has developed numerous instructional materials and professional development programs on adolescent literacy. She is a recipient of the Outstanding Researcher of the Year Award from the Council for Learning Disabilities. Jade Wexler, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Maryland. A former high school special education reading teacher, she has served on the editorial board of Learning Disability Quarterly and is a recipient of the Albert J. Harris award from the International Reading Association. Sharon Vaughn, PhD, is H. E. Hartfelder/Southland Corporation Regents Chair of Human Development and Executive Director of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at the University of Texas at Austin. Her numerous awards include, most recently, the Jeannette E. Fleischner Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Learning Disabilities, awarded by the Division for Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children.