Target Population
The Wilson Reading System is designed for use with individuals
who have difficulty with written language in the areas of decoding
and spelling. The program is generally taught to students beginning
with the upper elementary grades, through adult. Many students
who benefit from WRS have deficiencies in phonologic awareness
and/or orthographic processing which makes it challenging to learn
to read and spell without an explicit, systematic, and multisensory
approach. The Wilson Reading System specifically addresses the
learning style of students with a language based learning disability;
however, it is beneficial to any student lacking basic reading
and spelling skills. It is appropriate for students with beginning
literacy skills through grade six level skills if the student
has not mastered the decoding and spelling process.
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| Jean Driscoll teaches Marie Allen at South Boston High School |
The System was developed for students in grade three and beyond. It is widely used with upper elementary students, adolescents, and adults.
The program will greatly benefit:
- Students with a language-based learning disability (such as dyslexia)
- Students unable to decode accurately
- Slow, labored readers who lack fluency
- Students who may know words by sight, but have difficulty reading new words and “nonsense” syllables
- Students who often guess at words
- Students able to speak and understand English, but not read or write it (such as ELL students)
- Poor spellers
- Students unsuccessful with other reading programs or who have gaps in their decoding and/or spelling