Category Archives: Dyslexia

Sight Words, Zipf’s Law, and Reading Fluency: Yes, They Go Together

 Dyslexia, Reading, Reading Fluency, Spelling Academic Interventions, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Reading Problems, University of Tennessee KLASS Center Brian Wilhoit

  High frequency words are the words that readers encounter the most often in printed text. Another term that you […]

Reading Fluency: The Next Step in Reading

 Dyslexia, Homework, Reading, Reading Fluency Academic Interventions, Dyslexia, Reading Problems, University of Tennessee KLASS Center Brian Wilhoit

  We talked about the first two broad areas of reading development, phonemic awareness and the alphabetic principle. Now, we’ll […]

The Alphabetic Principle: Critical Step in Reading

 Dyslexia, Reading, Reading Fluency, Spelling Academic Interventions, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disorders, Psychoeducational Evaluations, Reading Problems, University of Tennessee KLASS Center Brian Wilhoit

  Learning to read progresses in a set of steps that is fairly predictable. One of the earliest steps, establishing […]

Phonemic Awareness: Building Block for Reading

 Dyslexia, Preschool, Reading, Reading Fluency, Spelling Academic Interventions, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disorders, Reading Problems, University of Tennessee KLASS Center, University of Tennessee Korn Learning Assessment Social Skills Brian Wilhoit

  Since we work with a lot of reading problems in our clinic, phonemic awareness is a term we use […]

Letter Reversals: Is it Dyslexia?

 Dyslexia, Reading, Reading Fluency, Spelling Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disorders, Reading Problems, University of Tennessee KLASS Center Brian Wilhoit

  Well, it depends. One of the most common concerns we hear from parents when they bring their children in […]

Easy Reading Intervention: Listening Passage Preview

 Dyslexia, Homework, Reading, Reading Fluency, Uncategorized Academic Interventions, Dyslexia, Learning Disorders, Reading Problems, University of Tennessee KLASS Center Brian Wilhoit

  Listening Passage Preview is a simple academic intervention that targets reading fluency. This intervention involves an accomplished reader reading […]

Importance of Rhyming for Early Reading Development

 Dyslexia, Reading, Reading Fluency, Spelling Dyslexia, Learning Disorders, Reading Problems, University of Tennessee KLASS Center Brian Wilhoit

  Few things are more enjoyable for a parent than to sit down with their preschool-age child and read a […]

Increase Elementary Reading Vocabulary: Error Word Drill

 Dyslexia, Homework, Reading, Reading Fluency Academic Interventions, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disorders, Reading Problems Brian Wilhoit

  Error Word Drill (EWD) is a technique used to help developing readers learn vocabulary words. EWD has been effective […]

Repeated Reading: A Simple Intervention for Reading Fluency

 Dyslexia, Reading, Reading Fluency, Spelling, Uncategorized Academic Interventions, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disorders, Reading Problems, University of Tennessee KLASS Center Brian Wilhoit

  Repeated Reading is an easy academic intervention that involves the student reading a short passage several times. Reading the […]

Early Warning Signs of Dyslexia

 Dyslexia, Spelling, Uncategorized Academic Interventions, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disorders, Reading Problems, University of Tennessee KLASS Center Brian Wilhoit

  Reading disorders in general, but dyslexia, specifically, usually become evident in early elementary grades with children. Some reading disorders […]