Identifying and recalling the names of alphabet letters, numbers, and familiar objects
Mapping sounds to letters
Reading words in isolation or reading unknown words
Reading fluency
Spelling
Reading comprehension
Written expression
Difficulty reading words in isolation
Difficulty accurately decoding unfamiliar words
Difficulty with oral reading (slow, inaccurate, or labored without prosody)
Difficulty spelling
THE READING/SPELLING CHARACTERISTICS ARE MOST OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
Segmenting, blending, and manipulating sounds in words (phonemic awareness)
Learning the names of letters and their associated sounds
Holding information about sounds and words in memory (phonological memory)
Rapidly recalling the names of familiar objects, colors, or letters of the alphabet (rapid naming
Variable difficulty with aspects of reading comprehension
Variable difficulty with aspects of written language
Limited vocabulary growth due to reduced reading experiences
The Talking Book Program (TBP) provides free library services to qualifying Texans with visual, physical, or reading disabilities. TBP is part of the National Library Service to the Blind and Print Disables, a program administered by the Library of Congress. The TBP collection consists of more than 100,000 titles, including hundreds of titles in Spanish, and some in French, German, Russian, and other languages.
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