HEROES is a literacy intervention for 6-9 year olds who have IEPs for beginning reading and was funded by a grant for the US Department of Education’s Education and Innovation and Research Programme. In this webinar, Jerome will discuss how external evaluation of this intervention found that children with reading disabilities made significant progress, and effective intervention for children with reading disabilities will be discussed from both a research and practice perspective.

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10/19/2022

In this RRE Seminar Professor Jane Hurry (UCL IOE) will present findings from ‘Reading intervention at age 6: Long term effects of Reading Recovery in the UK on qualifications and support at age 16’ (Hurry, Fridkin and Holliman, 2022). Amanda McGarrigle (Headteacher of St Marys CE Primary School in Swanley) will share her experience about implanting and supporting literacy intervention in her school. The seminar concludes with discussion from Jean Gross CBE, education expert and author of ‘Reaching the Unseen Children’ on what needs to be done to support children with literacy difficulties. Dr Sue Bodman will chair this session.

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6/14/2022