Case Studies

In this chapter, we provide three case studies of students with different reading profiles. We demonstrate how using the five-step assessment to intervention approach explained in Chap. 2 assists in creating a detailed profile of each student’s strengths and weaknesses in spoken and written language skills that are needed for successful reading comprehension. We highlight the importance of collaboration between professionals involved in the identification of students who experience difficulties in reading, to avoid duplication of assessments and to ensure targeted intervention can be provided by the most relevant professional at the required tier of intervention within a response-to-intervention (RtI) model.