Jan
12
The earlier you identify your child’s reading problems, the earlier you get him the right kinds of services, the greater his likelihood of success. The lesson: Don’t wait.
It is critical to identify reading problems early so that appropriate intervention can begin. The facts speak for themselves: It takes four times as long to improve the skills of a struggling reader in the fourth grade as it does between mid-kindergarten and first grade. In other words, it takes two hours of intervention per day in the fourth grade to have the same impact as 30 minutes per day in first grade…. About 80 percent of students with learning disabilities have reading problems. (Spinelli, 2006, p. 220)
