Teaching Struggling Readers
The Teaching the Struggling Reader course equips learners with practical, instructional strategies to help developing readers gain confidence, comprehension, and a love of reading. Grounded in proven literacy practices, the course focuses on showing learners how skilled readers think, by explicitly teaching reading strategies that proficient readers use automatically. Through structured, hands-on techniques, educators and parents learn how to make reading approachable, meaningful, and successful for struggling readers.
What's included
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What you will study
Where this program can lead
- Explain how reading strategies support comprehension and confidence
- Apply targeted reading strategies to help learners make meaning from text
- Teach Cloze reading, paraphrasing, and contextual clue strategies effectively
- Identify when and how to introduce advanced strategies such as unraveling and kerneling
- Support oral and written language development to strengthen reading comprehension
- Help struggling readers transition from deliberate strategy use to automatic reading skills
- Foster a positive reading environment that promotes engagement and enjoyment
Industry credentials
- Certificate of completion.
Getting started
Our admissions advisors will help you identify career paths, advanced training, and enrollment procedures. Customer & Technical Support is available throughout your course experience via Live Chat, Phone, Email, and Text. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8-5pm CT.
Workforce training. Career education. Flexible online learning.
Academy of World Education is a Texas Workforce Commission approved school offering workforce training and teacher professional development. Programs are delivered fully online so learners can study around work, family, and other commitments.
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