Help me Read! Strategies for Struggling Readers

In this on-demand, 8 module course, we introduce a range of strategies to support struggling readers. What strategies do we use for students who are reading words inaccurately as compared to those with word-reading automaticity difficulties? And what about those students with reading fluency difficulties? This course will give you some specific strategies to help you provide targeted support to your students.
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Help me Read! Strategies for Struggling Readers

In this on-demand 8 module course you will learn about a range of evidence-based strategies to support struggling readers.

On-demand professional learning designed for individual primary school teachers and educators providing learning support and intervention for primary school and high school students who are experiencing reading difficulties.

  • Ideal for classroom teachers, learning support teachers, teachers' aides and interventionists who are working closely with struggling readers.

  • Learn about practical and evidence-based strategies, and access a range of resources and activities to use with your students.

  • Learn about models and routines to support your planning and instruction.

Course Outline

Access 8 on-demand professional learning modules with videos, case-studies, reflection activities, downloadable resources and readings, and with optional take-away professional conversation resources to bring your learning from the course to your context

    1. Welcome to Help Me Read!

    2. Acknowledgment of Country

    1. Welcome to Section 1: Understanding Reading Difficulties

    2. Overview and Downloads

    3. Understanding Reading Difficulties

    4. Proximal and Distal Causes of Reading Difficulties

    5. Alfie’s Case Study

    6. Stop and Reflect

    7. Professional Conversation (optional)

    8. Section 1 Complete!

    1. Welcome to Section 2: Tools for Reading intervention

    2. Overview and Downloads

    3. Assessments

    4. Stop and Reflect

    5. Scope and Sequence and Teaching Resources

    6. Principles of Learning

    7. Stop and Reflect

    8. Professional Conversations (optional)

    9. Section 2 Complete!

    1. Welcome to Section 3: Developing Phonics and Word Reading Skills

    2. Overview and Downloads

    3. Blending Difficulties

    4. Stop and Reflect

    5. Explicit Phonics Instruction

    6. Stop and Reflect

    7. Independent practice activities

    8. Stop and Reflect

    9. Professional Conversation

    10. Section 3 Complete!

    1. Welcome to Section 4: Supporting Students to Learn Irregular Words

    2. Overview and Downloads

    3. Handwriting

    4. Stop and reflect

    5. Understanding and Teaching Irregular Words

    6. Stop and Reflect

    7. Professional Conversation

    8. Section 4 Complete!

    1. Welcome to Section 5: Word Attack Strategies for Reading Longer Words

    2. Overview and Downloads

    3. Morphology Basics

    4. A Basic Morphology Lesson

    5. Stop and Reflect

    6. Advanced Morphology

    7. Activity: Using the word matrix

    8. Stop and Reflect

    9. Professional Conversation

    10. Section 5 Complete!

About this course

  • 78 lessons
  • 5 hours of video content
  • 12 months access

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  • 12 months access

  • Learn anytime, at your pace

  • Revisit lessons anytime

  • Great for solo learners

  • Best for ongoing reference

12 MONTHS ACCESS

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  • 12 months access each

  • Learn together, share ideas

  • Build consistent practice

  • Ideal for teams or schools

  • Flexible pace for everyone

  • Revisit lessons anytime

  • Great value per person

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