Years of research has found high - quality preschool programs to be especially beneficial to
children of low - income families,
children with disabilities, and
children of color, since all often
face learning gaps when entering kindergarten.
This article describes PHAST (for Phonological and Strategy Training), a research - based remedial reading program that focuses on the primary obstacles to word identification
learning and independent decoding that most students
with reading
disabilities face and the steps necessary to help these
children achieve independent reading skills.
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