Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties (eBook)

David A. Kilpatrick (Autor)

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2015 | 1. Auflage
448 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-84528-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Practical, effective, evidence-based reading interventions that
change students' lives

Essentials of Understanding and Assessing Reading
Difficulties is a practical, accessible, in-depth guide to
reading assessment and intervention. It provides a detailed
discussion of the nature and causes of reading difficulties, which
will help develop the knowledge and confidence needed to accurately
assess why a student is struggling. Readers will learn a
framework for organizing testing results from current assessment
batteries such as the WJ-IV, KTEA-3, and CTOPP-2. Case studies
illustrate each of the concepts covered. A thorough discussion is
provided on the assessment of phonics skills, phonological
awareness, word recognition, reading fluency, and reading
comprehension. Formatted for easy reading as well as quick
reference, the text includes bullet points, icons, callout boxes,
and other design elements to call attention to important
information.

Although a substantial amount of research has shown that most
reading difficulties can be prevented or corrected, standard
reading remediation efforts have proven largely ineffective. School
psychologists are routinely called upon to evaluate students with
reading difficulties and to make recommendations to address such
difficulties. This book provides an overview of the best assessment
and intervention techniques, backed by the most current research
findings.

* Bridge the gap between research and practice

* Accurately assess the reason(s) why a student struggles
in reading

* Improve reading skills using the most highly effective
evidence-based techniques

Reading may well be the most important thing students are taught
during their school careers. It is a skill they will use every day
of their lives; one that will dictate, in part, later life success.
Struggling students need help now, and Essentials of
Understanding and Assessing Reading Difficulties shows how to
get these students on track.

Autor

DAVID A. KILPATRICK, PHD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York College at Cortland and a New York State Certified School Psychologist with the East Syracuse-Minoa Central School District. An expert and experienced clinician who excels in reading assessment and intervention, Dr. Kilpatrick has conducted over 1000 student evaluations for reading difficulties and disabilities.

Rezensionen

"Th[is is] literally the best book ever written in our field."
-Dr. Maria Murray, Associate Professor of Literacy, State University of NY at Oswego

"David Kilpatrick's book, one of Wiley's Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, is much more than a synthesis of test reviews, summaries of intervention research, illustrative case studies, and recommendations for reading and literacy interventions. While such content is pro forma in a guide for school psychologists, reading specialists, and educators, this book offers provocative new insights into the nature of reading development, reading difficulties, and effective instruction that deserve wide discussion and application in the field...[This book] represents one of the most potent linkages between science and educational practice available to us now. "
-Dr. Louisa Moats, EdD, review from International Dyslexia Association's Perspectives on Language and Literacy, Summer 2016, p. 51-52.

"[Kilpatrick's] book is highly recommended for all school psychologist practitioners. It provides a comprehensive foundation in the research on the development of reading skills as well as an in-depth analysis of how to approach assessment and intervention. Understanding what the research says about how and what to instruct is crucial for school psychologists who are working in a multitiered system of support in order to be able to support teachers in choosing eective instruction at the classroom level and beyond.
-Lynne O. Thies, PhD, NCSP, review from Communiqué he Newsletter of the National Association of School Psychologists, Vol, 45, Issue 2, 2016.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.8.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Essentials of Psychological Assessment
• Reihe/Serie: Essentials of Psychological Assessment
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Alan S. Kaufman, Nadeen L. Kaufman
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
• Schlagworte: Assessment • Assessment (K-12) • Bildungswesen • Education • K-12 • K-12 / Qualitätskontrolle • K-12 / Qualitätskontrolle • Lesefähigkeit u. Dyslexie • Lesefähigkeit u. Dyslexie • Leseschwäche • Leseschwäche • Psychologie • Psychologische Gutachten • Psychologisches Gutachten • Psychology • Reading & Dyslexia
• ISBN-10: 1-118-84528-5 / 1118845285
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-84528-8 / 9781118845288