I used your program with struggling readers, and although it helped most students, it didn’t seem to help a student who stutters. Do you have any suggestions?
Candyce Ihnot has dealt with the same situation at a Minneapolis school. She consulted with the student’s speech therapist and decided to do the following:
- Drop the timings to reduce pressure.
- Have the student do three read alongs to build word recognition and accuracy.
- Have the student do three practice readings with no timing.
- Do the pass step with no timing but with these criteria to pass the story:
- No more than three errors
- Must read with good expression.
- Must answer all questions correctly.