Interventions in Learning Disabilities

Introduction by Rachel Schiff and R. Malatesha Joshi.- Critical Components of Phonemic Awareness Instruction and Intervention: Recommendations for Teacher Training and for Future Research by Stephanie Al Otaiba, Jill Allor, Krystal Werfel, and Nathan Clemens.- Word Reading Interventions for Students with Reading Difficulties and Disabilities by Carolyn A. Denton and Keri M. Madsen.- A cognitive and linguistic approach to predicting and remediating word reading difficulties in young readers by Shelley Shaul, Tami Katzir, Liron Primor, and Orly Lipka.- The Efficiency of Metacognitive and Metalinguistic Awareness in Word Spelling among Hebrew speaking Children with SLI: An Intervention Study by Rachel Schiff, Ayelet Sasson, Yoci Nuri, and Elisheva Ben-Artzi.- Intervention and Assessment of Spelling Skills in LD classrooms by R. Malatesha Joshi.- Seizing the Sounds: Considering Phonological Awareness in the Context of Vocabulary Instruction by Carolyn H. Strom and Susan B. Neuman.- Effective Strategies for Developing Reading Comprehension by Meenakshi Gajria and Asha K. Jitendra.- Using Advances in Cognitive Science to Improve Students Study Skills and Reading Comprehension by Tenaha O'Reilly and John Sabatini.- What Is Listening Comprehension and What Does It Take to Improve Listening Comprehension? By Young-Suk Grace Kim and Heather Pilcher.- Best Practices in Writing Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities by Amy Gillespie Rouse and Steve Graham.- Language and Literacy Interventions for ELs with LD: Two steps forward, one step back by Sylvia Linan-Thompson, Hermelinda Cavazos, Laura McFarland, and Julie Martinez.- A Research-Validated Program for Improving At-Risk Students' Fraction Magnitude Understanding, Word-Problem Solving, and Explanations by Amelia S. Malone, Lynn S. Fuchs, and Douglas Fuchs.- Working Memory and Strategy Instruction in Children with Learning Disabilities by H. Lee Swanson.- Training of cognitive control in developmental disorders: Pitfalls and promises by Lilach Shalev Natalie Kataev, and Carmel Mevorach.- New Directions in Preservice and Inservice Professional Development for Teaching Students with and without Specific Learning Disabilities in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence by Virginia Berninger and R. Malatesha Joshi