Posts Tagged ‘Structured literacy’

Catholic school leads in dyslexia breakthrough

Monday, September 19th, 2022
dyslexia breakthrough

A Catholic primary school’s ‘structured literacy’ method really works, say advocates. People with neurodiverse learning difficulties like dyslexia are learning to read. Four years ago, this wasn’t the case at Wānaka’s Holy Family Catholic school. The traditional literacy programme wasn’t working, says principal Jo McKay (pictured). Despite interventions like Reading Recovery, some students weren’t succeeding. Read more