Obstacles and School Programs Impact of Reading Problems

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Obstacles and School ProgramsImpact of Reading
Problems

• Module 1, Session 2

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Coping with Failure

• Avoids and hides
• Attempts but does not complete
• Acts out - disrupts, defiant, avoids
• Accepts failure as natural
• Approaches help with skepticism

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Teaching Reading Guide 1

• Appropriate Knowledge/ Skills
• Use simple, concrete vocabulary
• Begin with success
• Primary level - decoding skills, sight
  recognition, fluency
• Intermediate - increase levels
• Advanced - multiple readings, ideas, problem
  solving

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Teaching Reading Guide 2

• Structured/Planned Instruction
• Program has plan and goals
• Predictable program is reassuring to students
• Age Appropriate
• Materials designed for youth
• Use words that challenge reading but are in
  vocabulary

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Teaching Reading Guide 3

• Stages of Sequenced Instruction
• Progress slowly but confidently
• Set realistic goals
• Use short time periods for each activity
• Have predictable lessons and sequence
• Be prepared for normal backsliding