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Related Titles:

Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills Activity Book, Revised Edition

Ready to Read: A Multisensory Approach to Language-Based Comprehension Instruction

Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction and Assessment, Pre-K–6

Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers, Second Edition

Speech to Print Workbook: Language Exercises for Teachers, Second Edition

Unlocking Literacy: Effective Decoding and Spelling Instruction, Second Edition

Teaching Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia: Lessons from Teaching and Science

Helping Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Make Connections Differentiated Instruction: Lesson Plans in Reading and Writing

Becoming a Professional Reading Teacher

Executive Function in the Classroom: Practical Strategies for Improving Performance and Enhancing Skills for All Students

Reading Research in Action: A Teacher's Guide for Student Success

Dyslexia Across Languages Orthography and the Brain – Gene – Behavior Link

Developmental Dyslexia: Early Precursors, Neurobehaviorial Markers, and Biological Substrates






NEW edition—get the latest research & best practices!

New!
Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills, Third Edition
Edited by Judith R. Birsh, Ed.D., Columbia University (ret.)

Foreword by Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine

"A refreshingly comprehensive anthology of relevant research summaries, teaching techniques, resources, references, and clinical wisdom from an outstanding group of experts. This book will continue to be one of my most-often referenced sources." —Louisa Moats, Ed.D., Author and Consultant, Moats Associates Consulting, Inc.

"The perfect resource for every teacher seeking effective ways to meet the needs of all learners in today's diverse classrooms." —Deborah Ellermeyer, D.Ed., Associate Professor, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

As new research shows how effective systematic and explicit teaching of language-based skills is for students with learning disabilities—along with the added benefits of multisensory techniques—discover the latest on this popular teaching approach with the third edition of this bestselling textbook. Adopted by colleges and universities across the country, this definitive core text is now fully revised and expanded with cutting-edge research and more on hot topics such as executive function, fluency, and adolescent literacy.

The most comprehensive text available on multisensory teaching, this book shows preservice educators how to use specific multisensory approaches to dramatically improve struggling students' language skills and academic outcomes in elementary through high school. They'll be prepared to

  • help students develop skills in key areas such as phonological awareness, letter knowledge, handwriting, phonics, fluency, spelling, comprehension, composition, and mathematics

  • plan structured, explicit multisensory language lessons that incorporate two or more senses

  • create a positive classroom environment conducive to effective teaching and learning for struggling students

  • conduct successful assessment of reading difficulties and monitor progress

  • teach older students who struggle with reading

  • work effectively with high-functioning adults with dyslexia

  • conduct biliteracy instruction for Spanish-speaking students

  • meet the needs of students who use assistive technology

  • know the rights of individuals with dyslexia

A text to keep and use long after the course is over, this book includes practical strategies and guidelines on planning lessons, conducting assessment, helping students with learning disabilities develop good study skills, and more. And the broad and deep coverage of multisensory teaching —unmatched by other texts—make this an essential reference and professional development resource for in-service teachers and reading specialists.

With this timely new edition of an authoritative textbook, teachers will be prepared to deliver high-quality multisensory instruction that improves outcomes for students with learning disabilities and their peers.

What's New:

  • Fluency chapter

  • Adolescent literacy chapter

  • More on executive function

  • Revised & updated chapters

  • New research & best practices

  • Chapters on assistive technology and rights of individuals with dyslexia now integrated into the book

  • Updated resources


Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills, Third Edition

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Table of Contents

About the Editor
Contributors
Foreword
Sally E. Shaywitz
Preface
Acknowledgments

1. Connecting Research and Practice
Judith R. Birsh

2. Multisensory Structured Language Education
Mary L. Farrell & Gordon F. Sherman

3. Development of Oral Language and Its Relationship to Literacy
Lydia H. Soifer

4. The History and Structure of Written English
Marcia K. Henry

5. Teaching Phonemic Awareness
Joanna K. Uhry

6. Alphabet Knowledge: Letter Recognition, Naming, and Sequencing
Kay A. Allen, with Graham F. Neuhaus, & Marilyn Beckwith

7. Teaching Handwriting
Beverly J. Wolf

8. Teaching Reading: Accurate Decoding
Suzanne Carreker

9. Teaching Spelling
Suzanne Carreker

10. Fluency in Learning to Read: Conceptions, Misconceptions, Learning Disabilities, and Instructional Moves
Katherine Garnett

11. Word Learning and Vocabulary Instruction
Nancy E. Hennessy

12. Strategies to Improve Reading Comprehension in the Multisensory Classroom
Eileen S. Marzola

13. Composition: Evidence-Based Instruction
Judith C. Hochman

14. Assessment
Margaret Jo Shepherd & Eileen S. Marzola

15. Planning Multisensory Structured Language Lessons and the Classroom Environment
Judith R. Birsh & Jean Schedler

16. Instruction for Older Students with a Word-Level Reading Disability
Barbara A. Wilson

17. Adolescent Literacy: Addressing the Needs of Students in Grades 4–12
Joan Sedita

18. Learning Strategies and Study Skills: The SkORE System
Claire Nissenbaum & Anthony Henley

19. Working with High-Functioning Adults with Dyslexia and other Academic Challenges
Susan H. Blumenthal

20. Language and Literacy Development Among English Language Learners
Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan

21. Multisensory Mathematics Instruction
Margaret B. Stern

22. Technology that Supports Literacy Instruction and Learning
Linda Hecker & Ellen Urquhart Engstrom

23. Rights of Individuals with Dyslexia and Other Disabilities
Jo Anne Simon & Michele Kule-Korgood

Appendix A: Glossary
Marilyn Martin

Appendix B: Materials and Sources
Marilyn Martin

Index



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