Please help us keep our training costs affordable to teachers to help them meet the needs of their students. We are kicking off the 2011 Annual Appeal drive and a Mixed-Bag fundraiser.
Support the Planet and Support the Institute by participating in the Mixed-Bag Fundraiser. These are trendy Eco-friendly bags made with recycled materials available for purchase through the Mixed-Bag website. The Institute receives 40% of each purchase. In order for the Institute to receive the donation, you must enter the Fundraiser ID of 77947 at checkout. Go online now and browse the online store: click here or copy and paste the following address: http://www.mixedbagdesigns.com/Fall-2011.
Look for the 2010-2011 Slingerland course materials catalog in your mailbox soon! Or download a color copy: 2011-2012 catalog.
We encourage you to read and share the following articles. We have found them to be helpful in addressing the needs of children with dyslexia - for teachers in the classroom, tutors and parents alike.
You can download the complete bibliography list referenced in the Slingerland Comprehensive Course by following this link: Ref. List Download. We have also provided links to those articles that are available online. The list is set out below.
Review of the Research Literature - Slingerland Multisensory Intervention Programs & Slingerland Screening Procedures for Identifying Specific Language Disabilities by Dr. Nancy Royal. Download article
Adams, M.J. (1990). Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning about Print. Cambridge MA: The MIT Press. Link to Download site
Beck, I. & Juel, C. (1995). The role of decoding in Learning to read. American Educator, 19: 8-12. Download article
Brady, S. & Moats, L.C. (1997). Informed Instruction for Reading Success: Foundations for Teacher Preparation. Baltimore, MD: The Orton Dyslexia Society. Link to Download
Burns, M.S., Griffin, P. & Snow, C.W. (1998). Preventing Reading Difficultiesin Young Children. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press. Link to read article online
Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission (1999). Reading/Language Arts Framework for California Public Schools: kindergarten through grade twelve. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education. Link to read article online.
Foorman, B.R., Francis, D.G., Fletcher, J.N., Schatschneider, C. & Mehta, P. (1998). The role of instruction in learnign to read: precenting reading failure in at-risk children. Journal of Educational Psychology, 90(1):1-15. Link to read article on line
Greene, J.F. (Spring/Summer 1998). Another chance: Help for older students with limited literacy. American Educator, 22 (1 & 2): 74-79. Link to download article.
Juel, C. (1988). Learning to read and write: a longitudinal study of 54 children from first through fourth grades. Journal of Educational Psychology, 80(4): 437-447. Link to download article.
Liberman, I.Y., Shankweiler, D. & Liberman, A.M. (1989). The alphabetic principle and learning to read. In Shankweiler and Liberman (Eds.), Phonology and Reading Disability: Solving the Reading Puzzle, University of Michigan Press. Link to download article.
Lyon, G.R. (1998). Why reading is not a natural process. Educational Leadership, 55(6): 14-18. Link to read/download article.
Moats, L.C. (2006). How spelling supports reading: And why it is more regular and predictable than you may think. American Educator, Winter, 12-24. Link to read/download article.
Moats, L.C. (1999). Teaching Reading IS Rocket Science: What Expert Teachers of Reading Should Know and Be Able to Do. (Item #372 Washington, D.C.: American Federation of Teachers. Link to read/download article.
Moats, L.C. (Spring/Summer 1998). Teaching decoding. American Educator, 42-49, 95-96. Link to read/download article.
Moats, L.C. & Foorman, B.R. (2003). Measuring teacher's content knowledge of language and reading. Annals of Dyslexia, 53, 23-45. Link to read article online.
Rayner, K, Foorman, B.R., Perfetti, C.A., Pesetsky, D. & Seidenberg, M.S. (November 2001). How psychological science informs the teaching of reading. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 2(2): 31-74. Link to read/download article.
Reichle, E.D. & Perfetti, C.A. (2003). Morphology in word identification: A word experience model that accounts for morpheme frequency effects. Scientific Studies of Reading, 7, 219-237. Link to read/download article.
Shaywitz, S.E. (November 1996). Dyslexia. Scientific American. 275(5): 98-104. Link to read/download article.
Shavelson, R.J. & Towne, L. (Eds.) (2002). Scientific Research in Education. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. Link to read article online
Snow, C.E., Burns, M.S. & Griffin, P. (Eds.) (1998). Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. Link to read article online
Stahl, S.A. (Fall 1999). Different strokes for different folks. A Critique of learning styles. American Educator, 23(3)l 27-31. Link to download article.
Stanovich, K.E. (1993/4). Romance and Reality. The Reading Teacher, 47(4): 280-291. Link to read article online.
Stanovick, K.E. (1986). Matthew Effects in Reading: Some consequences of individual differences in the acquisition of literacy. Reading Research Quarterly, 21, 360-407. Link to read article online.
Summary Report of Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, prepared for U.S. Department of Education Summit, Washington D.C., Sept. 1998. Link to read article online.
The National Commission on Excellence in Education (1984). A Nation at Risk. Portland, OR: USA Research, Inc. Link to read article online.
Torgesen, J.K. (Spring/Summer 1998). Catch them before they fall. American Educator, 22(1 & 2): 32-39. Link to read/download article.
Slingerland Video 
Dyslexia Demystified: How Multisensory Reading Instruction Can Make All the Difference by Dana Thompson. Seattle's Child, April 2009 edition. A great article for parents; there is also a list with additional resources/books. http://www.seattleschild.com/article/20090401/SCM02/903259989/-1/SCM
