Expansion of Literacy Programs

Summary

This project will expand a successful literacy instruction model to youth struggleing with learning differences, providing a structured, caring environment to help youth achieve academic success.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

One out of five children is dyslexic. At the Boys & Girls Clubs we see children who are frustrated academically, children with a fear and dislike of reading, children with low self-esteem. In partnership with the University of Oregon, two public school districts, two parochial schools, and the Housing Authority of Portland, the Clubs will expand an existing literacy model to each Club and partnership location throughout the Portland area, ensuring no child is left behind in our care.

How will this project solve this problem?

Providing a multi-sensory approach to leaning, the Literacy Centers goal is to increase youth engagment in learning and to increase the number of youth who can demonstrate written compostion skills; including sentence and paragraph structure.

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will expand Literacy programs to more than 13,000 young people in the Portland area, providing academic support to youth with learning differences and benefiting the academic lives of every child within our care.

Project Message

This Literacy Center project is comprehensive, broad in scope and has the potential to serve a large number of children who are at risk for a range of academic and behavior difficulties.
- Dr. Edward Kame'enui, Dean Knight Professor of Education, U of Oregon

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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