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Reading Development and Difficulties pp 179–210Cite as

Effective Prevention and Intervention for Word-Level Reading Difficulties

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The research on the prevention and intervention for word reading problems is reviewed in two parts. First, several key issues are addressed that bear on understanding the findings from the vast reading intervention literature. These include (1) interpreting intervention research in light of the findings from studies of orthographic learning, (2) examining assumptions inherent in current intervention approaches, (3) understanding why some students require intervention in the first place, (4) distinguishing research-based principles from research-based programs, and (5) examining the best ways to determine the effectiveness of interventions for word reading problems. Second, key intervention research findings are examined through the lens of the preliminary issues discussed in the first section. These findings reveal very positive prospects for preventing a large portion of reading difficulties based on modifications to general education classroom instruction. They also show that very substantial reading improvements can be made by struggling readers if the most effective principles are applied to our intervention efforts.

Keywords

  • Dyslexia intervention
  • Dyslexia prevention
  • Phonics intervention
  • Phonemic awareness intervention

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    The term “normalize” is typically used by researchers to refer to when weak readers raise their reading performance above the 30th or 40th percentiles, depending on how “normalize” is defined in any given study.

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Kilpatrick, D.A., O’Brien, S. (2019). Effective Prevention and Intervention for Word-Level Reading Difficulties. In: Kilpatrick, D., Joshi, R., Wagner, R. (eds) Reading Development and Difficulties. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26550-2_8

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