Joyce Jennings is Chair of the Department of Literacy Education at Northeastern Illinois University. She is a Professor of Literacy Education, teaching primarily in the areas of diagnosis and instructional leadership. She has directed several consulting projects with school districts in the areas of literacy instruction and leadership and is active in local professional organizations.Janet W. Lerner is professor emerita at Northeastern Illinois University, where she served as professor and chairperson of the Department of Special Education. She received the J.E. Wallace Wallin Special Education Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Exceptional Children. She was awarded the Romain P. Mackie Award from the Pioneers Division of CEC. Dr. Lerner served as a general education teacher, a special education teacher, and a reading specialist at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels. Dr. Lerner has authored and coauthored numerous journal articles and books: Learning Disabilities and Related Mild Disabilities (2012, Wadsworth Cengage Learning) and Young Children with Special Needs (2006, Allyn and Bacon). Dr. Lerner is currently an adjunct professor in the P.A.C.E. program at National Louis University.JoAnne Schudt Caldwell is professor emerita at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is the author or coauthor of seven titles including The Qualitative Reading Inventory-5 and Intervention Strategies to Follow Informal Reading Inventory Assessment. She has received the Outstanding Service Award from the Wisconsin State Reading Association, as well as the Wisconsin Teacher Educator of the Year Award and an Achievement Award from Marquette University School of Education.

"This textbook offers a comprehensive approach for students as they learn to work with individuals with reading problems. It offers research-based approaches for assessment and instruction." -Donna M. Harkins, University of West Georgia

• Preface xviii1 Overview of Reading and Reading Problems 12 Factors Associated With Reading Problems 183 Gathering Data to Develop Students’ Literacy Profiles 414 Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced Assessments 625 Administering an Informal Reading Inventory 936 Providing Instruction and Intervention Strategies 1277 Early Literacy 1498 Improving Word Knowledge: Word Recognition 1749 Improving Word Knowledge: Fluency 20010 Vocabulary Development and Listening Comprehension 22611 Comprehension of Narrative Text 26212 Comprehension of Informational Text 29813 Integrating Reading and Writing 32914 Literacy Instruction for Diverse Learners: English Language Learners, Literacy in a Culturally Diverse Society, Parents and Families, Adolescents and Adults With Reading Problems 36815 Literacy Instruction for Students With Special Needs 38216 Literacy Support as a Collaborative Process 400References 422Appendix A 424Appendix B 447Test Index 462Name Index 464Subject Index 471Photo Credits 487

Joyce Jennings is Chair of the Department of Literacy Education at Northeastern Illinois University. She is a Professor of Literacy Education, teaching primarily in the areas of diagnosis and instructional leadership. She has directed several consulting projects with school districts in the areas of literacy instruction and leadership and is active in local professional organizations.Janet W. Lerner is professor emerita at Northeastern Illinois University, where she served as professor and chairperson of the Department of Special Education. She received the J.E. Wallace Wallin Special Education Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Exceptional Children. She was awarded the Romain P. Mackie Award from the Pioneers Division of CEC. Dr. Lerner served as a general education teacher, a special education teacher, and a reading specialist at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels. Dr. Lerner has authored and coauthored numerous journal articles and books: Learning Disabilities and Related Mild Disabilities (2012, Wadsworth Cengage Learning) and Young Children with Special Needs (2006, Allyn and Bacon). Dr. Lerner is currently an adjunct professor in the P.A.C.E. program at National Louis University.JoAnne Schudt Caldwell is professor emerita at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is the author or coauthor of seven titles including The Qualitative Reading Inventory-5 and Intervention Strategies to Follow Informal Reading Inventory Assessment. She has received the Outstanding Service Award from the Wisconsin State Reading Association, as well as the Wisconsin Teacher Educator of the Year Award and an Achievement Award from Marquette University School of Education.

"This textbook offers a comprehensive approach for students as they learn to work with individuals with reading problems. It offers research-based approaches for assessment and instruction." -Donna M. Harkins, University of West Georgia

• Preface xviii1 Overview of Reading and Reading Problems 12 Factors Associated With Reading Problems 183 Gathering Data to Develop Students’ Literacy Profiles 414 Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced Assessments 625 Administering an Informal Reading Inventory 936 Providing Instruction and Intervention Strategies 1277 Early Literacy 1498 Improving Word Knowledge: Word Recognition 1749 Improving Word Knowledge: Fluency 20010 Vocabulary Development and Listening Comprehension 22611 Comprehension of Narrative Text 26212 Comprehension of Informational Text 29813 Integrating Reading and Writing 32914 Literacy Instruction for Diverse Learners: English Language Learners, Literacy in a Culturally Diverse Society, Parents and Families, Adolescents and Adults With Reading Problems 36815 Literacy Instruction for Students With Special Needs 38216 Literacy Support as a Collaborative Process 400References 422Appendix A 424Appendix B 447Test Index 462Name Index 464Subject Index 471Photo Credits 487