The Impact of Texting on Literacy and The Skills Needed for Effective Word-Reading
The Be Podcast Network, an organization of more than four dozen engaging shows dedicated to education, and Reading Is Fundamental are partnering during National Literacy Month to share high-impact conversations about literacy with more than 40 unique episodes featuring conversations about the state of children’s literacy nationwide, best practices for reading instruction and engagement, strategies to foster the joy of reading in school and at home, and much more.
In this episode, Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan shares:
- What the current literacy trends show as far as the impact of texting.
- The 3 tenets of effective literacy intervention.
- Common mistakes people make when teaching kids to use reading strategies.
- Three essential skills kids need in order to become fluent readers and spellers.
She mentions the School of Clinical Leadership, her program that helps related service providers develop a strategic plan for putting executive functioning support in place in collaboration with their school teams. Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan also talks about the Word Study Toolkit, which comes with Language Therapy Advance Foundations, her program that helps SLPs create a system for language therapy.