Start here -- You have only two options -- A few short truths -- Personal books: the magic door -- Designing for the brain -- Teaching to the brain -- Modifying trade books -- Fast flash technique -- Sandwich style teaching -- Phonics -- Comprehension and fluency -- Errorless testing and fear of failure -- Teaching learners with autism or apraxia of speech -- Materials for teaching reading -- Scaffold for teaching, step by step -- The backstory.
Summary
Discover the keys to teaching children and adults with Down syndrome and other developmental disabilities how to read for meaning. Written for today's busy parents and teachers, this easy-to-use guide explains how to go in through the heart to hook beginning and struggling readers, but then how to teach to the brain; so that learning is fast and permanent. The methods in the book can be adapted for learners of any age who are reading at a third grade level or below. If you have at least five minutes a day to work on reading, you have enough time to get started using Whole Child Reading!
