Reading

**READING**

**What are the Components of Reading?**

 * Phonemic Awareness: understanding the sounds of language
 * Phonics: Recognizing the correspondence between sounds and letters
 * Fluency: Reading orally with speed, accuracy, and proper expression
 * Comprehension: Understanding the meaning of the text
 * Vocabulary: Understanding the meaning of words both orally and in print.

**Which disabilities relate to which component of reading:**
 * Phonemic awareness and phonics=dyslexia
 * 1) Programs such as [|Wilson] reading program and [|Orton-Gillingham]
 * Comprehension=ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder)

**Chafee’s Amendment**
 * Copyright Law
 * Prior to this amendment we would have to go to a publisher to ask for permission to put it into accessible form
 * In order to qualify:
 * 1) Print Disability
 * 2) Documentation for IEP (13 classifications) or 504 Plan (more short term or for parents who do not want their children classified)
 * Can get books in electronic form from:
 * Bookshare.org
 * Nimas
 * ReadPlease

**What are some high-tech and mid-tech solutions?**
 * Computers can be used as a reading remediation tool by teaching phonological processes, improving decoding skills, and providing opportunities to develop fluency.
 * Read out loud texts: this allows a student to hear the words on the paper read by a computer voice.
 * Ex: Word talk: goes into Microsoft word and reads the words back
 * Scanners: scans documents into a program which reads it back
 * Ex: Wynn & Kurzweil 3000 (these programs cost around $999-$1800)

**Low Tech Solutions:**
 * High lighters & sticky notes help to call attention to certain text passages or pages.
 * Book holder: helps to position book so that it is easy to read
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 * Color overlay kits: transparency in colors that goes over text to help people who have difficulty with reading for a long amount of time

Dell, A., Newton, D., & Petroff, J. (2012). Assistive technology in the classroom: enhancing the school experiences of students with disabilities //(2nd Ed).// Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
 * __Resources:__**

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