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Struggling Readers
The primary mission of Reading Rockets is to provide resources to help parents and educators support struggling readers. This section contains important articles about why learning to read can be difficult and what teachers and parents can do to help. Be sure to also see the Helping Struggling Readers section.
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Top articles
Basics
- Dyslexia Basics
- Teaching All Students to Read: Practices from Reading First Schools with Strong Intervention Outcomes
- About Reading Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, and Reading Difficulties
- Dyslexia: Beyond the Myth
For parents
- Summertime and the Learning Is Easy
- Early Signs of a Reading Difficulty
- Having Your Child Tested for Learning Disabilities Outside of School
- When Good Kids Get Bad Grades
- A Guide for Finding a Tutor
For teachers
- Tell Me About the Story: Comprehension Strategies for Students with Autism
- Helping Children with Communication Disorders in the Schools
- 10 Strategies to Enhance Students' Memory
- 15 Strategies for Managing Attention Problems
- What's 'Normal,' What's Not: Acquiring English as a Second Language
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- Helping Children with Communication Disorders in the Schools
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- Suspect a Problem?
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Research
- Time Well Spent: Eight Powerful Practices of Successful, Expanded-Time Schools
- Starting Out Right: Pre-K and Kindergarten
- Educator's Guide: Identifying What Works for Struggling Readers
- The Digital Promise: Transforming Learning with Innovative Uses of Technology
- Repeated Reading and Reading Fluency in Learning Disabled Children
- Reading Disabilities
