Preventing Academic Failure
Overview
Focus
Reading
Specific Skills
- Comprehension
- Fluency
- Phonemic awareness
- Phonics
- Vocabulary
Program Length
Unspecified
Program Description
Using an Orton-Gillingham Approach, PAF is a program for "teaching beginning reading multisensory techniques." It incorporates reading, spelling, and handwriting instruction into lessons.
Visit Program WebsiteCost
Individual component prices vary
More Pricing DetailsDemographics & Delivery
Intended Population
- Any
Grade
- Elementary School
- Middle School
Intended Group Size
- Small group
ELL/DLL
- Unspecified
Multisensory Applications
- Yes
Computer-Based Delivery
- None
Scripted
- Instructor Scripted
Program Specifics
Comprehensive or Skill Specific
- Comprehensive
Placement Tests
- Unspecified
Advanced Placement
- Unspecified
Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery
- Unspecified
Error Correction Built In
- Unspecified
Research & Evaluation
Research Summary
Literature review revealed one case study in which the participants demonstrated growth and the classroom teachers agreed that the program had a positive effect on the students’ reading growth.
Study Citations
Montgomery, J. L. (2013). A case study of the ""Preventing Academic Failure"" Orton-Gillingham approach with five students who are deaf or hard of hearing: Using the mediating tool of cued speech. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Columbia University.
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
- Insufficient evidence