What is supported readings?
Supported readings are used as a method to engage students, build early language and vocabulary skills, scaffold the reading participation process, build independent story retelling skills and provide success strategies that increase motivation to interact with books by children with severe disabilities. These
strategies have worked with a range of children including children on the autism spectrum, children who have physical disabilities, children with severe speech and language delays, and children who have general developmental delays. Supported readings are suggested to support not replace the more traditional "shared readings" which exposes children to an array of literature.
