Comprehension – Jane Farrall Consulting

Using the Simple View of Reading for Guiding Comprehensive Literacy Instruction with Literacy Learners with Significant Disabilities

Sep 1, 2024

This is a long blog post – if you would rather read it offline or have a copy of it, you can download it as a PDF below. Literacy and Individuals with Significant Disabilities Evidence is clear that children with intellectual and developmental disability can gain meaningful literacy skills with explicit instruction (Allor et al.,

Online Course: Introduction to Comprehensive Literacy Instruction v2 now available!

Oct 5, 2023

I am delighted to announce that the updated version of the Introduction to Comprehensive Literacy Instruction course is now available! The course is now available for registration at https://janefarrallconsulting.thinkific.com/courses/introduction-to-comprehensive-literacy-instruction-version-2 To get more information about the course you can download the flyer below. An additional flyer around the site licences is also available below. If you

Introduction to Comprehensive Literacy Instruction Version 2.0

Sep 1, 20233 Comments

Over the last several weeks, I have spent time updating my first online course – and I’m delighted to announce that on October 6th I’ll be launching Introduction to Comprehensive Literacy Instruction Version 2.0. It is over three years now since I published the original version of this course. Since that time there have been

2022 Literacy Intensives

Feb 28, 2022

Waaaay back in 2019 I posted about the upcoming 2020 literacy intensives. It was going to be the first year that we were running two – one in Tamworth and one in Melbourne. Since then, we have had to postpone these events more than once – for reasons we’re all very aware of. However, we’re

Organising Books – School-Wide!

Feb 5, 20224 Comments

In the next couple of weeks, Australian schools are heading back from summer break. As well as the usual “return to school” bits and pieces, we are also working our way through all the extra “stuff” due to COVID – as I know everyone around the world is. I hope you are all managing and

Reading Comprehension Instruction – and don’t forget the reading! (Part 2)

Jul 26, 20212 Comments

What is Anchor, Read, Apply? If you have read Karen Erickson and David Koppenhaver’s text Comprehensive Literacy for All: Teaching Students with Significant Disabilities to Read and Write (2019) then you will be familiar with the Anchor, Read, Apply model of comprehension instruction. And I strongly encourage you to read that chapter for information about how

Reading Comprehension Instruction – and don’t forget the reading! (Part 1)

Jul 21, 20216 Comments

It has been a long time since I first went to a course with Drs Karen Erickson and David Koppenhaver – 21 years to be exact! I attended their week long literacy intensive in Minnesota in 2000 and I was overwhelmed and excited to meet people who were actually able to help me get better

Book Tips for Older Readers

Apr 10, 2021

I am addicted to listening to audiobooks and Podcasts while gardening – it’s my Saturday catch up time! This morning I listened to the current Lomah Podcast episode with the amazing Sally Clendon. If you haven’t caught up with this, the Lomah Podcast is running a special 15 episode series at the moment on literacy

Three of my favourites – online presentations

Feb 7, 2021

Like many of us, I have been enjoying the number of online conference presentations that are now available, as one of the few positive outcomes from the global COVID-19 pandemic. I have enjoyed so many of these presentations – but I just wanted to share three of my favourites – and explain why they are

Introduction to Comprehensive Literacy Instruction for Students with CCN – Site Licences

Aug 13, 20204 Comments

This time last week I launched my first online course “Introduction to Comprehensive Literacy Instruction for Students with Complex Communication Needs“. There’s been so much great feedback on it already – thank-you to everyone who has signed up and shared information. Lots of schools have enquired about the site licence options – so I have