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Philisia Purville –Bartley Id# 12223 10996
Designing and Implementing the Literacy Programme
The Mico University College
Mrs. Claudette Pilarchie
June 19, 2013
Clinical and Developmental Programmes
A developmental reading program is designed to help students achieve academic success by developing or enhancing their reading skills. It emphasizes reading instruction that is designed to develop systematically the skills and abilities considered essential at each level of reading advancement. Developmental reading refers to those activities “in which the main purpose of the teacher is to bring about an improvement in reading skills- activities …show more content…
The major goal of the developmental reading programme is reading achievement that approaches the limits of each person’s capacity. The programme focuses on the individual not upon the grade level performance, as it may be beneath or above some students. The focus is on the developmental of reading skills in sequence in keeping with expanding reading tasks. Developmental instruction involves instruction at all levels and in all content areas for those who are developing language abilities in keeping with their general capacity …show more content…
She has struggled with school her entire life and has been in the resource program throughout her years of schooling. Because of an abusive situation in her home, Rosey was recently adopted by a new family. This new family is concerned about Rosey 's educational experience and are bound to get her the help she needs to succeed. Because of her parents close relationship with members of the school district, they have contacted district personnel and asked if they would check up on Rosey in her classroom and give them suggestions. When the district representative arrives in Rosey 's classroom she is told that no one by that name is a student in the class. After contacting the office and told once again that indeed Rosey was in that class, the district representative headed back to the same classroom. This time she is shown to a little girl in the corner. When asked about Rosey 's performance she is told she is told that Rosey just sits in the corner and does nothing. When the district representative talks with Rosey, Rosey tells her she believes that since she cannot read well she certainly can 't understand her other