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Brigid McNeill; Gail Gillon – Topics in Language Disorders, 2025
This national implementation study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Tier 2 structured literacy teaching set within a multi-tiered system of support. Case-controlled matching was used to determine the impact of the implementation for 1,265 5-year-old children. One comparison group included 1,265 children who were matched to the experimental…
Descriptors: Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Literacy Education, Program Effectiveness, Young Children
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Tyler, Ann A.; Gillon, Gail; Macrae, Toby; Johnson, Roberta L. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2011
Aim: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of an integrated phoneme awareness/speech intervention in comparison to an alternating speech/morphosyntax intervention for specific areas targeted by the different interventions, as well as the extent of indirect gains in nontargeted areas. Method: A total of 30 children with co-occurring…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Morphemes, Oral Language, Language Impairments
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Riddick, Barbara – Topics in Language Disorders, 2006
This article starts by examining the background to dyslexia support within the context of the National Literacy Strategy in the United Kingdom. It then critically discusses some of the perceived shortcomings of current support for children with dyslexia, and how this has led to the development of a "dyslexia friendly" schools movement in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Dyslexia, Literacy Education