Reading programs

I’ve heard of them and I just hope your son isn’t LD in reading.

Janis

What grade? These are pretty standard basal series, except Reading COunts, which is just a series of computerized comprehension quizzes on books — doesn’t *teach* a thing, just quizzes.

Basically these are series for practicing reading. THey are not designed to help LD kids or to explicitly teach reading skills. Some of ‘em have some nice stories.

My son is in the 3rd grade. His diagnosis his HFA. On recent testing there was a discrepency between his IQ and his reading and writing scores. He was removed from his mainstream class to an LD instructional class. There he receives 1 to 1 reading and other instruction in a small group. I was told they would be working on phonics with him so I was curious as too which of these programs would address it. Thank you all for your input.

Lisa,

None of those programs would be acceptable to me if it were my child. Go to LD In depth and look under Reading. There is a great article about Multisensory Structured Language programs to teach reading and writing. This is the type program one would want for a child who is LD in reading and writing.

What is HFA? We must use another name in my state.

Janis

HFA=High functioning Autism. He is on grade level for some tasks such as math but below grade level for anything related to language such as speech, reading, and writing. During his reading time they are suppose to be working on phonics since he has such poor phonics skills. I know that these are two programs they are using with him during reading time. During my parent teacher conference tomorrow I will ask them if they are using anything else. Thanks for the input.

Hi everyone, I have taught a few Asperger students. They responded very well with Phono-Graphix for decoding and Visualizing and Verbalizing by Lindamood-Bell for comprehension. Also, if he has trouble with multi-step problems, On Cloud Nine, visualizing numbers works well for this. The students had a phonics program before PG but didn’t do well due to memory problems when it came to the rules. Is HFA different from Asperger?

High functioning autism and Aspergers are similar except for that in Aspergers there is no history of significant language delay. In most Asperger individuals verbal IQ is generally higher then the performance IQ. In high functioning autism the performance IQ is generally higher then the verbal IQ. In my sons case his performance IQ is 22 points higher then his verbal. His math skills are above average and his language skills are below average.

My 9 year old son was dx Aspergers this past year.He too excels in Math but bombs in reading.His verbal IQ is 40 points higher than his performance IQ.I am looking for a good reading program to do with him at home.He does Phonics in a resource room but does reading in the reg. classroom to expose him to more things.He also has Tourettes.His school is finally seeing the difference this year.

I learned today that the program they are using to teach phonics is one I gave them called Rock with Phonics they just figured I knew they were using it since I was the one who gave it to them. He gets his individual reading instruction 45 minutes a day with this program, he does the other programs with his class. I dont know if the program would work with other students but works good with my son because he responds well to music. I have noticed an improvement in his reading so was just trying to figure out which program was working, it must be the combination. Thank you all for your input.

Hello!
I teach in a self-contained classroom at 5 and 6 grade level. My school uses the Reading Counts! program. I have involved my students because it helps them to choose books from the library that are at their reading level. Often students pick a book because the cover is appealing, but can not read the words that are inside. Reading Counts book have numbers that students look for to help them find books that they can read and be successful with.
Good Luck with your son!

Ideally the kiddo gets teh practice with the skill in the phonics — and then gets lots of good stories to read and use ‘em. Sounds like you might just have a *true* “balanced” reading program!!