Janette K. Klingner

Teaching Reading Comprehension through Collaborative Strategic Reading.

This article provides an overview of collaborative strategic reading (CSR) as an approach to enhancing the reading comprehension skills of students with learning disabilities. The following four strategies that encompass CSR are presented: Preview, Click and Clunk, Get the Gist, and Wrap-Up. Procedures for implementing CSR with collaborative groups and techniques for teaching reading comprehension skills to students with learning disabilities are provided. The role of the teacher in enhancing the implementation of CSR is described, and sample teaching vignettes are included.

English Language Learners and Learning Disabilities

In this chapter we discuss the essential components of special education for ELLs with learning disabilities. We focus on the importance of culturally responsive teachers implementing culturally and linguistically relevant instruction in all settings. Within this framework we emphasize the need for ELLs with LD to have a supportive classroom environment and essential English language instruction. The general education classroom can be a supportive environment for ELLs with LD by utilizing sheltered instruction techniques, specific accommodations and modifications, and reading comprehension instruction. We also consider how to support ELLs within the framework for common core curriculum standards, and finally we highlight some intensive interventions for ELLs with LD.