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Teaching Word Recognition: Effective Strategies for Students with Learning Difficulties (What Works for Special-Needs Learners)

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Teaching Word Recognition is an extraordinary work of scholarship on reading instruction geared for children with learning disabilities. It contains a wealth of practical information and ideas for enhancing instruction based upon the current body of research as it pertains to quality pedagogical practices. While the book is researched based, it provides a very accessible view for all educators (even those who do not work exclusively with special needs children) and includes countless strategies for approaching the complex process effective teaching.

Both new educators, as well as those who have been in the field for many years, will find that "Teaching Word Recognition" provides tools that may not been used enough (if at all), that should be addressed in the classroom. This book is recommended, without reservation.

As a reading tutor for children and teens with reading disabilities, I found this book to be a valuable resource. O'Connor's writing is straight-forward and easy to read. The chapters are laid out in a way that parallels the logical, successive teaching of skills. Most importantly, O'Connor extensively cites the research that she is using to draw her conclusions. There are several techniques that I will be adding to be teaching. I found the section on the partial alphabetic stage of reading development in older students fascinating.