Educational Psychology recommended approach to accelerating reading skills   - Schools training catalogue

Practical workshops focusing on the assessment through teaching framework to improve independent reading skills in struggling readers. Staff will gain an understanding of the reading theory and research and an understanding of why this intervention works the core instructional principles and the critical skills that are needed to become a competent, independent reader. A series of assessments that will provide you with a complete profile of the child/young person's knowledge of written English, that can be completed by any member of staff following training. This will enable the school to collate data on all children’s reading skills and will evidence progress throughout the year in each area of reading. Training on how to interpret the assessment results and plan and deliver the reading intervention. The intervention will take less than 15 minutes a day but will lead to improvements in: sight vocabulary knowledge, phonic skills, reading fluency and generalisation, and most importantly an enjoyment of books. 

Please email eps@warwickshire.gov.uk