Sparky’s Excellent Misadventures, by Phyllis Carpenter Matthew Galvin MD (Author), Sandra Ferraro (Illustrator) Gorski, I Think I Have the Wiggle Fidgets, by Barbara Esham The Map Challenge (A Book About Dyslexia), by Tracy Packiam Alloway (Author), Ana Sanfelippo (Illustrator) Tracy Packiam Alloway (Author), Ana Sanfelippo (Illustrator)Ĭory Stories: A Kid’s Book about Living with ADHD, by Jeanne Kraus (Author), Whitney Martin (Illustrator)įocused Ninja: A Children’s Book About Increasing Focus and Concentration at Home and School (Ninja Life Hacks), by Mary Nhin The Classroom Mystery: A Book About ADHD, by Dr. “To learn to read is to light a fire every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.” ― Victor Hugo Favorite books for young readers featuring characters with learning and attention challenges:

Direct instruction of phonics: Phonics instruction is crucial in the development of reading and language skills, and is supported by the use of reading material that contains only sounds and words that have been learned known as phonetically controlled or decodable texts.The Groves faculty and staff share their book recommendations for young reluctant readers and students with learning disabilities like dyslexia and ADHD.

Comprehensive curriculum sequence: This begins with the simplest units of written language (the sounds of individual letters) and progresses to the reading of multisyllabic words.

In order to develop multisensory associations, reading instruction includes the teaching of spelling and handwriting.

Multisensory instruction: Visual (letters) auditory (sounds), and kinesthetic (motor patterns for writing letters) modalities are used simultaneously to strengthen associations and memory.

PAF incorporates Orton-Gillingham Methodology and includes these critical components: Assessment is proficiency and sequentially based. The level of difficulty determines the length of time necessary for each new skill. At John Cardinal O’Connor School, the Preventing Academic Failure program includes a curriculum sequence (levels 1 through 245) that provides a complete language lesson with each new skill taught.

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