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Promoting Reading Achievement
School psychologists play a critical role in the lives of children
who are struggling to learn. They are leaders in developing and
carrying out the assessment and placement decisions that impact
students from the beginning of their school careers. With help
from school psychologists like you, schools can reduce the number
of students who lag behind grade level - and increase the number
of successful readers.
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A Free Toolkit for School Psychologists
You are welcome to download a toolkit for school psychologists
created by Reading Rockets and NASP. The kit contains resources
to help you get more involved in the development of comprehensive
research-based reading programs in your school district; apply evidence-based
strategies to your assessments of students with reading difficulties;
help students become good readers; and keep more kids from unnecessarily
entering special education.
Download now (1.6 MB)
For
materials specifically for school psychologists, including video
modules from the toolkit, click here.
NASP members may order a copy of the Reading Rockets
Toolkit for School Psychologists (binder, video,
and DVD) for $25 by emailing their requests to the NASP office,
attention Mary Beth Klotz, mbklotz@naspweb.org.
PowerPoint Presentations
NASP Books and Articles
Spotlight on NASP's Partner Organizations
Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. NASP partnered with Reading Rockets in developing this webpage and the Reading Rockets Toolkit for School Psychologists.
The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) creates and links people to essential information about learning disabilities, early literacy and learning resources, support for adolescents and adults with LD, public policy and advocacy tools.
Transitioning to Kindergarten: A Toolkit for Early Childhood Educators is a comprehensive resource for educators that includes tools and materials to help implement strategies to facilitate and enhance children's transition to kindergarten. The Transition to Kindergarten toolkit has been posted with permission from NCLD.
The Get Ready to Read! Website from the NCLD is full of useful, free resources. There are skill-building early literacy activities, literacy environment checklists, online games and other resources, in addition to a free online version of the screening tool. You can access it all from the Get Ready to Read! home page at www.getreadytoread.org.
Suggested Websites
For more information about teaching kids to read and helping
those who struggle, visit www.ReadingRockets.org.
U.S. Department of Education Resources