Help me Read! Strategies for Struggling Readers

Which strategies can I use to best target the needs of struggling readers?

What is this course about?

In this on-demand, 8 module course, we introduce a range of strategies to support struggling readers. What strategies do we use for students who are reading words inaccurately as compared to those with word-reading automaticity difficulties? And what about those students with reading fluency difficulties? This course will give you some specific strategies to help you provide targeted support to your students.

Why should I do this course?

If you are looking for practical and evidence-based strategies to support your struggling readers – this is the course for you!

Who should do this course?

Classroom teachers looking for strategies to use in small group instruction
Learning support teachers and interventionists looking for strategies to support specific student needs in reading
SLSOs and teachers’ aides who are working closely with struggling readers

What will I get from this course?

A range of resources and activities to use with your students
Models and routines to support your planning and instruction

Course Outline

Access on-demand videos, case-studies, reflection activities, downloadable resources and readings, and with optional take-away professional conversation resources to bring your learning from the course to your context. Modules include:

Understanding Reading Difficulties
Tools for Reading Intervention
Developing Phonics and Word Reading Skills
Supporting Students to Learn Irregular Words
Word Attack Strategies for Reading Longer Words
Repeated Reading with Decodable Text
Fluency Instruction Beyond Decodable Texts
Supporting Comprehension and Vocabulary.

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Looking for In-school professional learning for your team?

Purchase a Team Learning Registration and complete the course at times that suit you and your team!

Help me Read! Strategies for Struggling Readers – On-Demand Team Learning Course

WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed

26 August 2024

In this on-demand 8 module course you will learn about a range of evidence-based strategies to support struggling readers. On-demand professional learning designed for schools or clinics to complete as a team! Ideal for primary schools, high schools, learning support teams or intervention clinics supporting students experiencing reading difficulties.

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Help me Read! Strategies for Struggling Readers – On-Demand Individual Learning Course

WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed

26 August 2024

In this on-demand 8 module course you will learn about a range of evidence-based strategies to support struggling readers. On-demand professional learning designed for individual primary school teachers and educators providing learning support and intervention for primary school and high school students who are experiencing reading difficulties.

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Supporting children and adults with specific learning difficulties

Help me Read! Strategies for Struggling Readers