Encouraging early literacy starts young, much earlier than a child’s first day of kindergarten. While it’s wonderful to ensure homes have books in them, Stephanie discusses the importance of educating parents so that they know how to support their child’s literacy development before they enter school. She provides strategies beyond handing out books that schools and parents can use to increase the language and literacy development of current and future students. Find the other modules in this series below: Read More
Category: Literacy
Literacy refers to one’s ability to comprehend written text and produce written text.
Reading Development Module (Playlist)
This playlist of 8 modules presents information on typical reading developent, including information specifically for English Language Learner (ELL) and speech and language impaired (SLI) populations. Several issues surrounding literacy, including the role of the SLP in literacy, are examined. Finally, a vareity of intervention activities are demonstrated. See below for individual modules. Read More
Reading Development Module 5b: The Role of the SLP in Vocabulary Instruction
Stephanie Downey Toledo is a bilingual speech language pathologist in New York City as well as a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has collaborated with the LEADERS project on this module series and others. Check them out on LEADERSproject.org!
Reading Development Module 5a: Myths About Vocabulary Instruction
Stephanie Downey Toledo is a bilingual speech language pathologist in New York City as well as a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has collaborated with the LEADERS project on this module series and others. Check them out on LEADERSproject.org!
Reading Development Module 8: Bilingual Considerations
Stephanie Downey Toledo is a bilingual speech language pathologist in New York City as well as a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has collaborated with the LEADERS project on this module series and others.
It is important to distinguish between language difference and disorder. This holds true with reading. As SLPs it is important to consider whether a student’s reading development is being impeded by a disability or a language difference. What are the main factors affecting student success? Is it a difference in literacy instruction or content/ background knowledge? What has the student’s language acquisition looked like in both languages? How might socio-economic and cultural status be affecting reading development? When possible, we should support bilingual reading development.
Reading Development Module 7: Reading Comprehension
Stephanie Downey Toledo is a bilingual speech language pathologist in New York City as well as a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has collaborated with the LEADERS project on this module series and others.
Reading Development Module 6: Reading Fluency
Stephanie Downey Toledo is a bilingual speech language pathologist in New York City as well as a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has collaborated with the LEADERS project on this module series and others. Read More
Reading Development Module 4: Phonics
Stephanie Downey Toledo is a bilingual speech language pathologist in New York City as well as a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has collaborated with the LEADERS project on this module series and others.
