TY - JOUR AU - O'Rourke, Diarmuid AU - Olsthoorn, Dr. Aoife AU - O'Halloran, Claire PY - 2021/12/09 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Limerick Parent Toe-by-toe Intervention for Struggling Readers JF - REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland JA - reachjournal VL - 34 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://reachjournal.ie/index.php/reach/article/view/322 SP - AB - <p>&nbsp;</p><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 18pt; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Mongolian Baiti; font-size: medium;">Parent delivered intervention offers potential as a means for directly improving the reading skills of struggling readers. The focus of this study was to examine the impact of a reading intervention when used by parents within the home setting. Specifically, this study evaluated the effects of the Toe-by-Toe Reading Progamme when implemented by parents of struggling readers. Findings showed that students participating in the Toe-by-Toe programme significantly improved on three different measures of reading word attack, word reading and reading fluency. There was less impressive growth on the reading comprehension and spelling subtests.</span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; line-height: 150%; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #555555; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Mongolian Baiti; font-size: medium;">The results of these studies are consistent with the empirical literature on the potential efficacy of parents as tutors of their children.</span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p> ER -