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Meet Keri Levine, MS, Instructor of the Multisensory Reading Practicum: Using the PAF Program.
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The latest issue of The Beacon is now available. Read articles on the dangers of mislabeling a learning disability diagnosis or scientifically based reading program, how an entrepreneurial mother established a reading program in Argentina, and why reading aloud is not just for early readers.
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Mislabeling disabilities as differences allows schools to avoid the commitment they are required to make to teach their students appropriately.
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Magdalena Zavalía Miguens became a social entrepreneur to co-found Intelexia, a company that develops literacy programs for Spanish-speaking children.
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The full scope of the developmental and academic effects for the multitude of students the pandemic has touched is rooted in historical educational inequality.
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Despite a solid understanding of what constitutes effective reading instruction, the difficulty of determining whether a reading program deserves the labels scientifically based or evidence-based persists.
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This article focuses on the cumulative risk and protection model of dyslexia (Catts & Petscher, 2020) and how we can integrate the research foundation presented by Hugh Catts, PhD, with practical insights to better inform educational practice.
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Read alouds provide critical time for students to strengthen their comprehension abilities, answer inferential questions about nuanced characters and plot points, and learn new vocabulary words in context.
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We never outgrow a shared read aloud, and all ages benefit. As children enter the tween years, we must renew our commitment to reading aloud and embrace innovative ways to breathe new life into a familiar habit.