Comprehensive Literacy for All: Teaching Students with Significant Disabilities to Read and Write

Can’t wait to finish reading

This book has changed the landscape on teaching literacy. The authors discuss the necessary components of literacy instruction for our learners with complex learning profiles and provide the research behind each component. I have seen many districts use this book as a book study for professional learning. If you are working with learners with complex learning profiles, this belongs on your bookshelf!

This book will inspire you - whether you are a parent, education, interventionist, therapist, or more - to not give up on literacy for children and adults with complex communication needs. Individuals with significant disabilities can gain more communicative control over their environment through literacy, and this book gives real examples and practical ways to explore and achieve literacy for all. We used the book's suggestions and methods in therapy with children aged 4 - young adults and saw PROGRESS. Progress in spelling, progress in recognizing their names, and progress in using the keyboard on their AAC devices to find/spell words.

Fantastic book that gives a great overview of how to support literacy development for our students with complex communication needs. Highly recommend!

Inspiring and informative. I have learned specific strategies and tasks to use with my child. I understand them and I am confident in their efficacy.Parents, this text is for us too!

I read this as part of a book review for work. The authors break down reading and explains how students learn well. Great examples and teaching strategies. All students are able to learn to enjoy reading.

This book is VERY teacher friendly. I read it and have strategies that I will start to implement in my classroom ASAp. The book also explained the ‘why’ behind certain instructional recommendations. I feel equipped with research based strategies to improve my students’ education AND the ability to answer questions about the methods I will use. Thank you!

Very happy to finally find more literacy based research for those with significant disabilities!