By Dr. Teri Wallace, Co-Director of the National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals

This video and workbook set is an ideal way to ensure your paraprofessionals are properly trained to assist reading instruction and development in the classroom. Step by step, the video examines the core building blocks to effective reading education and the legislative initiatives behind reading development -- so your paraprofessionals understand the importance of enhancing students' reading skills and assisting teacher instruction. Your paraprofessionals also receive recommended strategies for working with specific age groups and tips to gauge reading readiness.

What's more, the accompanying workbook is packed with exercises and activities based on the five curricular components for reading instruction, as identified by the National Reading Panel and put in place by the Reading First program under the NCLB. Your paraprofessionals receive strategies on how to assist in:

• Building phonic skills, promoting phonemic awareness and improving fluency
• Increasing vocabulary and improving comprehension
• Identifying and aiding struggling readers
• Gathering and graphing reading assessment data
• And more