Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Problems, First Edition

In this highly informative text, Darrell Morris offers detailed, practical guidance based on decades of hands-on experience as a reading clinician and educator. He demonstrates how to conduct a comprehensive diagnostic assessment; interpret reading scores; and provide individualized instruction that takes each student's specific strengths and weaknesses into account. Case studies bring to life the book's one-to-one strategies for struggling beginning readers, older remedial readers (second- to sixth-grade reading levels), and those with severe reading disabilities. Small-group and whole-class applications are discussed, and a special chapter describes an exemplary teacher training approach. Helpful appendices feature ready-to-use assessment tools, book lists, and other reproducibles.

Darrell Morris, EdD, is Professor of Education and Director of the Reading Clinic at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, where he has been on the faculty since 1989. While at Appalachian State, he has directed the master’s program in reading, researched the beginning reading and spelling processes, and helped school districts throughout the country set up early reading intervention programs. Dr. Morris is the recipient (with several colleagues) of the International Reading Association’s 2005 Dina Feitelson Research Award.