Language-Based Learning Disability Program
Program Overview
Andover Public Schools offers developmentally appropriate language-based programming for students in grades 2-12. The language-based program is an instructional model designed solely for students with a specific learning disability in reading (dyslexia) that is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and poor spelling. Through a language-based team teaching approach, consistent instructional methodology is integrated in both small group language-based core curriculum and grade-level general education language-based partner classrooms.
Specialized, small group reading instruction is individualized. The overall goal of the language-based program is to develop language and literacy skills and strategies while providing supported access to grade-level curriculum. The intensity of language-based instruction fades over time as a student's skill set, personal learning awareness, and academic independence increase.