TY - BOOK AU - Kirk, Samuel A. AU - Kliebhan, Joanne Marie ;Lerner, Janet W. TI - Teaching reading to slow and disabled learners SN - 395258219 AV - LB 1050.5 .K57 1978 PY - 1978/// CY - Boston, Massachusetts PB - Houghton Mifflin Company KW - READING -- LEARNING N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Slow and disabled learners -- 2. Preparing children for reading -- 3. Developmental reading methods and materials -- 4. Adaptation of methods and materials for atypical learners: early stages of reading -- 5. Adaptation of methods and materials for atypical learners: advanced stages of reading -- 6. Specialized remedial reading techniques -- 7. Informal assessment procedures -- 8. Formal assessment procedures -- 9. Reading research: slow and disabled learners N2 - In this new work my co-authors and I have attempted to describe the characteristics and problems of slow and disabled learners; to discuss procedures and controversies in preparing these children for reading; to explain at some length the stages of development and the needs of children who are not developing at the expected rate ER -