di: Plasticitsy and Multisensory

[Charles Arthur]

For questions related to neuroimaging changes and response to an intervention, I recommend the analysis and review in the 2007 book, Learning Disabilities, from Identification to Intervention, by jack Fletcher, Reid Lyon, Lynn Fuchs and Marcia Barnes,  pg. 117, Intervention: Imaging Studies.  
On Multisensory instruction, they summarize:  “Studies that compare instruction with and without the traditional multisensory components do not indicate differences in outcomes     (Clark & Uhry, 1995, Moats & Farrell, 1999.)    Wise, Ring, and Olson 1999 also did not find that a multisensory articulatory component, as in the Lindamood program, was a necessary component of their own intervention.  The strength of these programs likely involves the intense, systematic approach to instruction, the link with specific types of struggling readers, and possibly the explicit attention to the structure of language.”  p 152.  

  
Charles Arthur
Founder: Arthur Academy Charter Schools 
Early Child Literacy Consultant
arthurreadingworkshop.com
971-544-7341
The most effective reading programs  carefully structure instruction around mastery of small learning increments that leads to student proficiency of advanced applications and higher student self-esteem.


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