Quickly and reliably screen students for language/literacy disorders—including dyslexia

Early identification of students who are struggling with language and/or literacy is a key component to improving academic outcomes. Read More

Identify dyslexia using TILLS

Webinar participants will learn how to use an evidence-based assessment model and the Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills (TILLS) to decide whether a school-age student’s (ages 6-18 yrs) TILLS profile is consistent with a diagnosis of dyslexia or is a better fit to other types of language/literacy disorder. Read More

Using the TILLS Practice Kit to support your instruction in language/literacy assessment

This webinar will provide an overview of how to use the TILLS Practice Kit to help faculty teach pre-service professionals (e.g., future speech-language pathologists, reading specialists, special education resource personnel, and school psychologists) some principles and practices of individualized, standardized assessment. Read More

How to get the most out of TILLS

This webinar focuses on using design features unique to TILLS that allow you to assess a student’s oral and written language using a scientifically sound quadrant model. Read More

The Magnocellular Theory of Dyslexia

This excerpt examines the research supporting the belief that fundamental phonological reading problems in people with dyslexia may be due to mild, but pervasive, impaired development of magnocellular systems throughout the brain. Read More

The Role of Teacher Effectiveness in Children’s Reading Achievement

This chapter excerpt considers the knowledge and skills needed to be a successful teacher of reading as well as how schools of education might better prepare elementary-level educators to teach reading to children from a variety of backgrounds. Read More

Use of technology in teaching

This chapter discusses the use of technology in teaching students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, OWL LD, and dyscalculia. The use of computers in content area instruction, as well as the use of computers for accommodation and explicit instruction, is covered. Read More

Functional MRI (fMRI) of phonological, orthographic, and morphological word forms

This figure shows a functional MRI (fMRI) of phonological, orthographic, and morphological word forms. Each column contains the fMRI overlay onto structural MRI at the same two anatomical axial sections of the brain. Read More

The Fundamentals of Academic Vocabulary Essential Concepts for Middle School Students and Their Teachers

In this article from IDA's Perspectives on Language and Literacy, Jennifer Wells Greene, Ph.D., author of Academic Vocabulary for Middle School Students, describes the vocabulary needs of middle school students, with a focus on academic vocabulary. Read More

Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills Activity Book sample activities

These sample activities help teach students the origin of words. With the activities in the Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills Activity Book, students and practitioners will get the practice they need to use multisensory teaching effectively with students who have dyslexia and other learning disabilities. Read More