Struggling Readers Can Succeed

Nina L. Nilsson, Saint Joseph’s University, USA.Sandra E. Gandy, Governors State University, USA.

• Foreword.Introduction.Chapter 1. Bradford Holt and How Money Matters in Learning to Read, Catherine Compton-Lilly.Chapter 2. Changing Outcomes in Reading for Bryant, an African American Urban Learner: A Case Study, Doris Walker-Dalhouse and A. Derick Dalhouse.Chapter 3. The Many Faces of Dane: Viewing Boys as a Resource in Their Own Literacy Development, William G. Brozo.Chapter 4. Striking a Balance: Implications for Struggling Readers' and Writers' Classroom Immersion in the New Literacies, Francine Falk-Ross.Chapter 5. Could Abby Have Dyslexia? A Long Journey to Confidence, Erika S. Gray and Allison Ward Parsons.Chapter 6. I Read Only Dog Books! Engaged Reading for Students on the Autistic Spectrum, Barbara Ann Marinak, Linda B. Gambrell, and Jacquelynn A. Malloy.Chapter 7. Yolanda: Cultural Differences as a Resource for Literacy Learning, Christopher J. Rivera and Kimberley Kennedy Cuero.Chapter 8. What Works for Ramon and Other English Language Learners, Sandra E. Gandy.Chapter 9. Developing Young Children's Multifaceted Understandings of Writing, Julie K. Kidd and M. Susan Burns.Chapter 10. After School Programs: Literacy Opportunities for Deshawn and Other Struggling Adolescent Readers, Roberta Linder.Chapter 11. Changing Preservice Teachers' Deficit Beliefs and Attitudes Toward the Literacy Abilities of Tamika and Susana, Nina L. Nilsson.About the Editors.