{"product_id":"smart-kids-struggling-readers-9781475848366","title":"Smart Kids Struggling Readers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work is a game-changer! Recognizing an all too often tragic outcome (School to Prison Pipeline), it provides the tools to alter prognosis. Attention hones the identification and treatment of those underlying and often overlooked causative factors that result in long-term reading failure.Smart Kids, Struggling Readers. reconsiders the current models and methods for Teaching Reading. It offers creative strategies that support and enhance existing research-based techniques. It provides efficient and effective methods that rapidly ameliorate the overt and subtle interference to skills mastery.Rapid progress is assured because intervention supports both Academic and Affective needs. The novel instructional plan, Reading In A Nutshell, incorporates the strong intellectual potential bright students bring to task. The learner comes to apply information (metacognition, error analysis, instructional options) as a primary functional tool. Slow-paced repetitive practice and drills are avoided\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmart Kids, Struggling Readers offers a plan that provides effective methods for teachers and  positive results for students.  I applaud the approach. -- M. Olbaum, reading teacher, 30 years’ experience\u003cbr\u003eI'm forever grateful to Nickie Simonetti for teaching me how to learn, study and to embrace my differences. My success today, personally and professionally, is truly due to her. Now that she is sharing her teaching method in a book I can only imagine how many more lives she will change! -- M. Babson, dyslexic adult\u003cbr\u003eThank you for continuing a project that is so necessary to those struggling but bright kids! -- P. Hannah, educator\u003cbr\u003eNickie Simonetti has a gift, grounded in theory and enhanced by her creativity, and she is now sharing it publicly.  Nickie and I first worked together 40 years ago at a diagnostic learning center.  Our paths crossed again about 15 years later as my daughter's academic struggles created emotional ones.  Their work together transformed my daughter into an eager learner excited by new learning opportunities. -- C. Nobel, licensed psychologist and parent\u003cbr\u003eDyslexic kids need strategies that break things down and make sense.  Not more of the same old things we have been doing without success.  This book offers practical advice and information to break the code for the dyslexic learner.  -- P. Klien, learning specialist\u003cbr\u003eMs. Simonetti’s approach works…she combines science, art and heart. No one is better at helping children reach their academic and personal best! We are fortunate to have her insights now available to us all. -- L. McLaughlin, academic remediation specialist\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a must read. Nickie Simonetti gives great insight into students struggling with today’s school models of learning She brings out their creative and innovative potential. A godsend to all whose lives she touches. -- K. Arpin, school psychologist\u003cbr\u003eWonderful, energetic, a game changer. Remember that exciting feeling you had after attending a conference or inservice? You couldn't wait to incorporate the ideas into your lesson plans. Well, this book, gives that same feeling. -- A. Gaydos, remedial reading teacher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote to the Reader Preface Acknowledgements Part I: The Introduction \tChapter 1- The Premise \tChapter 2- The Basics \tChapter 3- The Given Part II: The Method \tChapter 4- Phonics Factor 1: Sound Awareness Factor 2: Letter-Sound Association a.)Teaching the Vowels b.)Teaching the Consonants Factor 3: The Baby Vs. The Bathwater Chapter 5- Decoding  Factor 1: Linguistic Clusters Factor 2: Rules and Patterns Factor 3: Syllable Identification Chapter 6- Sight Vocabulary Chapter 7- Contextual Analysis \tChapter 8- Oral Reading \tChapter 9- Fluency \tChapter 10- Comprehension \tChapter 11- Visual Processing \t\tPart One: Books \t\tPart Two: Words \tChapter 12- Phonemic Processing \tChapter 13- Language Processing \tChapter 14- Affective Support \tChapter 15- A Cautionary Tale Part III: The Practice \tChapter 16- Guidelines \tChapter 17- Application \tChapter 18- Informal Assessment Appendix References Postscript About the Author","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040287818071,"sku":"9781475848366","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781475848366.jpg?v=1750946265","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/smart-kids-struggling-readers-9781475848366","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}