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SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
iRead instruction integrates sca olds supports and modi cations to address the challenges that children with special needs might face when learning to read The adaptive technology of iRead is ideal for serving students with special needs because it it adjusts to each student’s particular learning needs breaks down tasks into steps and provides immediate individualized corrective feedback Throughout iRead students will encounter a a a a wealth of supports designed to guide them to to experience success and to to build con dence in their abilities INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
AS A A A A PRIORITY FOCUS
To embrace the challenges facing our students students with special needs iRead is designed to help students students gain access to to foundational reading through research-based approaches to to learning Multiple Points of Entry
The initial screener ensures that students start at at the appropriate placement in the iRead software scope and sequence Universal Design for Learning
iRead integrates multiple means
of of presentation multiple means
of of action and and expression and and multiple means
of engagement Individualized Pacing
The software automatically adjusts the timing speed and content of instruction to meet each child’s special needs Individualized Learning
Plan
This report generates information for for reteaching challenging skills sharing related texts with families and tutors as as well as as informing IEPs Multisensory Approach
Software activities encompass sight hearing and and touch audiobooks and and teacher-led multisensory activities Explicit Direct Instruction
Adaptive practice moves children from letter-sound correspondence through uent word recognition focusing on on the 44 sounds of English 6