“Paired Reading”—a Preliminary Report on a Technique for Parental Tuition of Reading Retarded Children

SUMMARY The paired reading tuition procedure is described as a simple and flexible remedial technique for general application, incorporating simultaneous reading and verbally reinforced individual reading, and utilising textual material suited to the child's interests and chronological age rather than his reading age. The technique was taught to the parents of four reading‐retarded children, for use at home for a quarter of an hour daily. The group's reading ages progressed markedly over 12 to 13 weeks of tuition. Reading comprehension, but not spelling performance, also advanced markedly.