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This resource provides a comprehensive curriculum for education professionals working with students with dyslexia and dysgraphia.The book contains a comprehensive four part curriculum that can be implemented during a school year to provide specialized group instruction for students with dyslexia in grades 4 and above in reading (Word Detectives), writing (Mark Twain), and integrating reading and writing in science content areas (John Muir) and in language arts (linguistics) and social studies (cultural anthropology) (Sequoyah). It would be used as a tier 2 resource by a special education teacher or reading specialists. It's unique in its coverage of multiple subject areas and in the solid research that supports it.Ginger used the units that form this book in a research study looking at effective ways to teach students with dyslexia and dysgraphia. The study showed that the students showed great improvement in their ability to read and write after using the lessons. The units focus on what Ginger calls hope stories - stories about people who overcome adversity to become successful (Sherlock Holmes, Mark Twain, John Muir, and Sequoyah). It focuses on students in grades 4 through 6.

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An invaluable tool for implementing evidence-based practice! Detailed lesson plans provide step by step guidance that serve to enhance both student achievement and teacher knowledge. --Diane J. Sawyer, Ph.D. Murfree Professor of Dyslexic Studies, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee (06/01/2009)

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"Virginia W. Berninger, Ph.D., Dr. Berninger received her Ph.D. in psychology at Johns Hopkins University and has had a career informed both by translation science (bridging basic research and application to practice) and interdisciplinary contributions to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, including instruction. As a professor at the University of Washington, Dr. Berninger has been the principal investigator of research grants on typical and disabled language learning funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and also the co-investigator of a research grant on math development and instruction funded by the U.S. Department of Education. This interdisciplinary research has been informed by Dr. Berninger's prior teaching experience (in urban, suburban, and rural settings in general and special education and at the elementary and secondary levels); training in clinical psychology and experience as a licensed psychologist (in assessment of developmental and learning disabilities); and ongoing consultation with schools, teachers, and parents for more than 30 years. Her current efforts focus on evidence-based, treatment-relevant differential diagnosis of specific learning disabilities and professional development for teachers and other professionals in schools and outside schools who influence school practices. Beverly J. Wolf, M.Ed., Director, Slingerland(R) Institute for Literacy, 12729 Northup Way, Suite 1, Bellevue, Washington 98005 Ms. Wolf received her M.Ed. in education at Seattle Pacific University and brings to this collaborative effort experience as a classroom teacher, principal of an elementary school for children with dyslexia, Dean of Faculty for the Slingerland(R) Institute for Literacy, and an educational consultant providing professional development nationally and locally on structured language teaching. She has authored articles and books about dyslexia, creative activities for the classroom, and language-related guides for teachers. Ms. Wolf is a member of the Council of Advisors of the International Dyslexia Association (IDA), a past secretary and board member of IDA, the recipient of the John and Beth Slingerland Award from the Slingerland(R) Institute, the Beth Slingerland Award from the Puget Branch of the Orton Dyslexia Society (WABIDA), and the Outstanding Educator Award from the Renton School District. Through her professional experiences she has had the good fortune to hold the hands of teachers whose professional expertise and experience helped shaped her own work as she in turn shared with them. Ms. Wolf is inspired by her ongoing work with the next generation of teachers. They stimulate her and motivate her to continue to develop materials that make teaching and learning exciting and fun. As she does, she reminds others that students with learning disabilities benefit from the collaboration of many professionals sharing with each other, as captured in this quotation from Hellman and Feibleman (1984, p. xx): ""It goes in a circle and always has, like a child's dance of ring around the rosy. If I am any good, the person holding my hand has a chance of being even better."""

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