What Works for Children with literacy difficulties- the effectiveness of intervention -

This updated edition includes provides information on intervention schemes for children who struggle with reading and writing. But unlike the previous editions, this one is in two distinct parts.

• Part 1 deals with schemes for children aged 5–14 (Years 1–9 in England and Wales) who can be considered ‘mainstream’, that is, they have not been identified as having a specific special educational need, and are not at the point of transition from primary to secondary school.
• Part 2 is almost entirely new: it attempts to go beyond schemes for mainstream children as just defined, to other categories of intervention which have so far largely suffered from neglect. So in Part 2 you will find chapters on schemes designed:
  • for children with specific special educational needs, including dyslexia/specific learning difficulty (chapter 4)
  • to boost literacy at primary/secondary transition (chapter 5)
  • for young people aged 14–18, including those detached from education or training and those who have offended or may be at risk of doing so (chapter 6).