Improving reading skills of children with special needs using by providing teaching and learning materials and assessment tools to teachers and resources and training for families
Project Name
Special Needs Action Pack (SNAP) for Struggling Readers
Location Implemented
Sri Lanka
Competition Entered
Grant Competition 2011
Reading Skill Targeted
Reading Environment
Status
Winner
The Challenge
Children struggling with reading--children with learning disabilities, mild physical impairments, and those from homes with little or no culture of reading--risk being forgotten in efforts to raise learning achievement on a massive scale. Little is known about the special needs of primary students in developing countries or strategies to address them. Existing government and non-state agencies that focus on struggling learners do so with inadequate materials for assessment or to address learning needs.
The Big Idea
The Special Needs Action Pack (SNAP) for Struggling Readers project developed and piloted materials to implement simple, replicable strategies for identifying the causes and special needs of early grade children demonstrating difficulty learning to read. Additionally, it piloted a set of interventions to increase reading level attainment. It included a package of low-cost, easy-to-implement teaching and learning materials accompanied by training in their use for teachers, parents, and community members.
Results
The SNAP pack for struggling readers was distributed to teachers in 15 schools and implemented over two school years. Qualitative and quantitative data was collected to measure the success of the action pack and adjust its implementation accordingly.
Blogs and Media
Research and Resources
International Day of Persons With Disabilities Innovator Spotlight Webinar
Learn from ACR GCD-funded Save the Children and Perkins International about innovative projects to improve early grade literacy of students with disabilities in Sri Lanka and Ghana.
Connect with the Innovator
Website
http://srilanka.savethechildren.net/Organization Type
Non Profit
Headquarters
Fairfield, CT, USA
