Core Understandings. All Children Can Learn to Read and Write: A Theoretical Rationale -- Establishing the Environment for Successful Literacy Learning -- Building a Foundation for Literacy. Alphabet Knowledge and Ponological Awareness -- Emergent Reading -- Emergent Writing -- Learning to Read and Write. Comprehensive Literacy Instruction: A Research-Based Framework -- Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Instruction -- Self-Directed Reading: Supporting Motivation and Fluency -- Writing -- Decoding, Word Identification, and Spelling -- Implementation. Using Assistive Technology Effectively to Support Literacy -- Organizing and Delivering Effective Instruction

"Grounded in the belief that all students can learn to read and write print, this book is a thorough yet practical guide for teaching students with significant disabilities. It explains how to provide comprehensive literacy instruction addressing these students' needs, whether they are emergent readers and writers or students acquiring conventional literacy skills. General and special educators, speech-language pathologists, and other professionals will find concise research synopses and theoretical frameworks, practical lesson formats, guidance on incorporating assessment and using assistive technology, and more"--