Norwalk, CT 203.866.4400

Ridgefield, CT 203.894.8586

 

Info@LiteracyAdvocates.com

Literacy-related consulting services

for students with learning differences

As the Founder and President of Literacy Advocates, Sheryl Knapp’s mission is to give all students access to research-based literacy practices.  Recent studies have shown that all but 2-3% of students can become proficient decoders, yet a whopping 20-30% (far higher in many urban areas) are not given the tools they need to achieve this goal.

 

Whether your child has moderate to severe learning differences or is simply an “instructional casualty”, we can help isolate your child’s specific literacy needs then collaborate with your school team to ensure that these needs are being addressed appropriately.

 

 

 

 

Text Box: Reading is not a natural process. In contrast to oral language development, reading does not emerge naturally from interactions with parents and other adults, even in print-rich environments. For most children, reading requires systematic and explicit instruction, although the degree of explicitness, 
directiveness, intensity and duration of instruction requires developing specific reading components that would vary across children. 

    – from the 1999 Keys to Successful Learning Summit, sponsored by the National Center for Learning Disabilities in partnership with the Office of Special Education Programs (US Department of Education) & the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (National Institutes of Health).