If a child receives the Wilson Program as reading instruction during the school year and does not receive it during the summer is that ok or will the child loose a lot of what they learned of the Wilson program during the summer?
These are children with processing and word retrieval issues
JW
Re: Wilson Program
Loss of skills is not something that is program dependant. If a particular child is the sort of student who loses a great deal over the summer, that is going to happen in the absence of instruction regardless of how they are being taught.
When you make the summer services decision with your team, you base it what has happened historically with this particular child- look at previous summers, normal school breaks etc., and then decide. You have to be able to document severe regression of skills however- and that means a major loss of progress- not just staying in the same place, or losing a month or two or a skill or two. It is a ( and should be I think- as a taxpayer, parent and educator) a pretty stiff standard. For most students, ESY isn’t really necessary, and there are more beneficial ways for them to spend their summer break- but it is for some and that is why it is there:)
I would need help to understand how Wilson Language is helpful to kids with processing issues or word retrieval issues. To my understanding, Wilson Language is designed to help with decoding issues.
Needless to say, it would be my opinion that the absence of Wilson Language over the summer wouldn’t really hurt your students.