Adaptation of the Wilson Reading System for Braille Readers

Autor/inn/en	Rowley, Roz; McCarthy, Mary; Rines, Justine Carlone
Titel	Adaptation of the Wilson Reading System for Braille Readers
Quelle	In: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 108 (2014) 2, S.146-150 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-482X
Schlagwörter	Braille; Reading Programs; Reading Instruction; Decoding (Reading); Elementary School Students; High School Students; Visual Impairments; Instructional Effectiveness; Program Effectiveness; Special Schools; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leseunterricht; Dekodierung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Visual handicap; Sehbehinderung; Unterrichtserfolg; Special school; Sonderschule; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Teachers at Perkins School for the Blind have been teaching braille to students of all ages for many years. As part of this experience, the teachers at Perkins have seen many capable students of different ages struggle to learn to read and write braille. In particular, they observed students who were unable to sound out or decode words because of their own difficulty in determining what sounds to use. In an attempt to help these students improve their reading skills, teachers investigated a variety of print reading programs, and attended a Wilson Reading System introductory workshop. After beginning to use Wilson, this program was found to be a successful alternative reading program to help those students who were not reaching their potential. As teachers began using the program with more and more students, they learned that Wilson was also a helpful teaching tool for students who had other learning challenges in addition to decoding difficulties--such as weak language skills, poor comprehension skills, behavioral and attention difficulties, low motivation, and poor executive functioning skills. Following a description of the Wilson Reading System, the authors share two examples of how students at the Perkins School learned to read using this program. The first example was completed by a teacher of students with visual impairments who worked with elementary-age students in Perkins' Lower School as a lead classroom teacher. The second example was written by a teacher of students with visual impairments who taught English and language, braille, and reading to high school students in Perkins' Secondary Program. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10