Tag Archives: Learning Disorders

Importance of Rhyming for Reading Development
Reading disorders in general, but dyslexia, specifically, usually become evident in early elementary grades with children. Some reading disorders that […]

Impact of Typing Skills on Student Writing
At the recent Mid-South Regional Conference for Psychology in the Schools, Jessica Kotik and Brooke Killion, students left to […]

Improving Reading Fluency and Comprehension in Pre-Teens and Teens
A lot of reading intervention research and practice focuses on early elementary age children who are still in the […]

Meet the Faculty/Staff – Dr. Merilee McCurdy
Dr. McCurdy received her PhD in School Psychology from Mississippi State University. For 14 years, prior to joining the […]

Easy Reading Intervention: Listening Passage Preview
Listening Passage Preview is a simple academic intervention that targets reading fluency. This intervention involves an accomplished reader reading […]

Increase Elementary Reading Vocabulary: Error Word Drill
Error Word Drill (EWD) is a technique used to help developing readers learn vocabulary words. EWD has been effective […]

Paired Reading: A Simple Reading Fluency Intervention
Paired Reading is an easy academic intervention that involves the student reading out loud in tandem with another helping […]

Easy Spelling and Math Fact Intervention: Elementary-Age Students
Cover, Copy, and Compare (CCC) is an easy academic intervention. CCC has been effective in increasing students’ fluency and […]
Dyslexia Goes to College – What it Looks Like
Children with dyslexia grow up to be young adults with dyslexia; however, there seems to be a popular common […]