A Precision Teaching Case Study – Teaching Basic Literacy Skills to a Developmentally Delayed Student The Student was a twelve year old boy diagnosed as being developmentally delayed. He lives in the U.S., although his first language is not English. He was enrolled in an academic tutorial program to prepare him for school entry. His program includes language, reading (decoding), reading comprehension, math, spelling, cursive and creative writing. In the beginning,Continue reading “A Precision Teaching Case Study – Teaching Basic Literacy Skills to a Developmentally Delayed Student”
An All Too Infrequent True Story I have been working with children who are at-risk for 50 years. Iâd like to tell you a story of one of those kids and how it changed both of our lives. It was a dark and stormy night â no, thatâs not it. Let me start again. Once upon a time in a landContinue reading “An All Too Infrequent True Story”
Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 5 of 5: So Why Donât Schools Use Precision Teaching??? This is the fifth of a series of 5 blogs on teaching reading skills to a developmentally delayed adolescent: Teaching Sounds and Sound Combinations to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Lists to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Story Reading to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Meanings to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent So WhyContinue reading “Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 5 of 5: So Why Donât Schools Use Precision Teaching???”
Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 4 of 5: Teaching Word Meanings to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent This is the fourth of a series of 5 blogs on teaching reading skills to a developmentally delayed adolescent: Teaching Sounds and Sound Combinations to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Lists to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Story Reading to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Meanings to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent So WhyContinue reading “Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 4 of 5: Teaching Word Meanings to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent”
Reading Success – Right in front of your eyes! [VIDEO] Reading improvement of a student using the Maloney Method materials and applying Precision Teaching to measure story reading fluency: The video demonstrates the improvement in story reading of a young student named Elizabeth who attends the Fluency Factory, a behaviorally based learning center founded by Richard McManus in Hingham, MA. The video depicts Elizabethâs attemptsContinue reading “Reading Success – Right in front of your eyes! [VIDEO]”
Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 3 of 5: Teaching Story Reading to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent This is the third of a series of 5 blogs on teaching reading skills to a developmentally delayed adolescent: Teaching Sounds and Sound Combinations to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Lists to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Story Reading to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Meanings to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent So WhyContinue reading “Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 3 of 5: Teaching Story Reading to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent”
Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 2 of 5: Teaching Word Lists to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent This is the second of a series of 5 blogs on teaching reading skills to a developmentally delayed adolescent: Teaching Sounds and Sound Combinations to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Lists to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Story Reading to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Meanings to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent So WhyContinue reading “Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 2 of 5: Teaching Word Lists to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent”
Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 1 of 5: Teaching Sounds and Sound Combinations to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent This is the first of a series of 5 blogs on teaching reading skills to a developmentally delayed adolescent: Teaching Sounds and Sound Combinations to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Lists to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Story Reading to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Meanings to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent So WhyContinue reading “Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 1 of 5: Teaching Sounds and Sound Combinations to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent”