Presenters: Carlin Conner, Jill Allor, & Francesca Jones
Time: 60 minutes
This presentation will discuss a tool used to measure literacy engagement and reading comprehension of students with disabilities, the Systematic Observation of Language and Reading (SOLR). The SOLR can be used by practitioners to track growth and inform instruction for struggling readers, including those with Intellectual Disability (ID) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Literacy progress will be discussed in terms of seven constructs 1) language development, 2) abstract thinking, 3) elaboration, 4) print, 5) engagement, 6) fluency and prosody, and 7) off task/refusal behaviors. Most of the presentation will involve demonstrating how to use this observation tool in the classroom.
Participants will be able to:
Learn how to use a new measure for assessing reading comprehension that is inclusive of students with disabilities, the SOLR.
Learn how to use the results from the SOLR to inform instruction in their classroom through video observations of students with disabilities engaging in book reading activities.