[senco-forum] all of the grapheme/phonemes

 "I am particulary hopefule for this Home Reading
Teacher approach because the parent not only 
has a personal commitment to the child but also, fewer
external constraints."

I am a firm believer that ANY teaching or remediation
should be done at school, preferably in the morning
when children are at their most receptive to learning.
It should be included in any statement and IEP for
school time only. Parents have enough pressure coping
and helping a child with such difficulties to cope,
without expecting them to teach them too. 

This is because these children with reading
difficulties may well have either visual or auditory
processing deficits and by the end of the day are
exhausted. Parents of such children may also have
reading difficulties themselves as processing issues
are often hereditary. Add to that the homework
children have to do and the (vital but often lacking)
time needed for relaxation and refreshment in order to
function well the next day and you have a vicious
circle of pressure upin these children, many of whom
are doomed to "crack".

Holidays are also times for relaxation and living, not
being kept in to work on their reading.

And again, an individually tailored method/series of
methods is needed, not yet another one size fits all
scheme.

If an older child is still struggling with reading I
would say that an APD assessment is vital as something
is well amiss.

As Philip said, the learner should be the teacher -
look to how they learn as they key on how to teach
them, use what they know and build on that - in school.

Best wishes,
Aly

Chair Auditory Processing Disorder in the UK/APDUK
www.lacewingmultimedia.com/APD.htm 
www.apduk.org

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