Handbook of Reading Disability Research

This comprehensive Handbook is the first attempt to present the full range of overlapping paradigms and perspectives (sociological, historical, cultural, psychological, and linguistic) whose research informs the world of reading disability. It explores the relation of reading disabilities to language and learning, poverty and prejudice, and instruction and schooling. In addition to examining theoretical perspectives (and associated research), the contributors present their material within the framework of a classroom teacher struggling to develop instructional practices that meet the learning needs of their lowest achieving readers. Throughout the book, learning to read proficiently is conceptualized as a long-term developmental process involving many interventions of various kinds - all keyed to individual developmental needs.