2022 Ontario Association for Developmental Education: Dr. Jill Allor, Part ONE

Literacy Instruction for Students with Developmental Disabilities:

What Do We Know and How Do We Put it into Practice?

RESOURCES

•Become a FREE member to download 17 eReaders and sample games. https://www.friendsontheblock.com/digital-plans

•The IES Foundations Practice Guide is available on the IES website at http://whatworks.ed.gov.

•More information about Dialogic Reading at Reading Rockets https://www.readingrockets.org/article/dialogic-reading-effective-way-read-aloud-young-children

•More information about Literacy for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Allor, J. H. (January, 2021). Teaching students with intellectual and developmental disabilities to read: Is it really any different than teaching other students to read? Center for Research on the Challenges of Acquiring Language and Literacy Distinguished Lecture Series. Georgia State University.

https://vimeo.com/showcase/8224495/video/521163151

REFERENCES

•Allor, J. H., Gifford, D. B., Al Otaiba, S., Miller, S. J., & Cheatham, J. P. (2013). Teaching students with intellectual disability to integrate reading skills: Effects of Text and Text-Based Lessons. Remedial and Special Education.

•Allor, J. H., Gifford, D. B., Jones, F. G., Al Otaiba, S., Yovanoff, P., Ortiz, M. B., & Cheatham, J. P. (2018). The effects of a text-centered literacy curriculum for students with intellectual disability. American Journal for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 123, 474-494. doi:10.1352/1944-7558-123.5.474 [single-case design with 8 students]

•Allor, J. H., Mathes, P., Roberts, K., Cheatham, J. P., & Al Otaiba, S. (2014). Is scientifically-based reading instruction effective for students with Below-Average IQs? Exceptional Children, 80, 289-308.

•Allor, J. H., Yovanoff, P., Al Otaiba, S., Ortiz, M. B., & Conner, C. (2020). Evidence for a literacy intervention for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 55, 290-302. [synthesis of data from all 18 students who participated]