Tag Archives: Reading Problems

Use of DIBELS Pathways of Progress to Determine Reading Goals for English Language Learners

 Reading, Reading Fluency, Research, School Psychology Academic Interventions, Reading Problems, University of Tennessee KLASS Center, University of Tennessee School Psychology Program Brian Wilhoit

  At the recent Mid-South Regional Conference for Psychology in the Schools, Jada White, a student from the School Psychology […]

Improving Reading Fluency and Comprehension in Pre-Teens and Teens

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

  A lot of reading intervention research and practice focuses on early elementary age children who are still in the […]

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 […]