Teaching students with multiple disabilities to read can be a challenge. But, with the right materials and teaching practices, you can break through the low expectations trap and teach your students to read. Giving the opportunity to read appropriately leveled materials is an essential part of early reading success. But until recently, the available literature options available for the older, beginning reader were very limited, and were rarely curriculum-tied. Start-to-Finish Literacy Starters changed this. The engaging switch-accessible computer books were written specifically for adolescent students reading at beginning levels.
 Start-to-Finish Literacy Starters Featured in USA Today
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Each Start-to-Finish Literacy Starters set includes three different books linked to an age-appropriate topic. Using standards and research outlined by Don Johnston’s Beginning Literacy Framework, each book is written and edited to meet these guidelines.
- Assessment and progress monitoring tools
- Age-appropriate and engaging content geared toward adolescents
- Fully switch accessible
- Literature that fits into the curriculum at an appropriate readability level
- Materials and adaptation ideas to support AAC users
- Always activities to support reading comprehension
- Readers profile chart
- Vocabulary card with information on how to use them
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Have Dr. Karen Erickson, Director of the Center for Literacy and Disabilities Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill train your staff! Short video clips (on CD-rom) and reproducible materials guide staff development in 90-120 minutes. The Workshop achieves the following learning objectives:
- Implement reading strategies using the Intervention Planning Tool
- Create a plan for integrating Start-to-Finish Literacy Starters into your curriculum
- Understand the importance of the three formats of reading
- Identify struggling readers' behaviors
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