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The Center for Research, Evaluation and Awareness of Dyslexia ( Center for READing) is a university-based program at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas, United States. It was established in 1996 to develop strategies for the prevention and remediation of reading disabilities, [1] search for strategies that will lead to the ...
Impact evaluation assesses the changes that can be attributed to a particular intervention, such as a project, program or policy, both the intended ones, as well as ideally the unintended ones. [1] In contrast to outcome monitoring, which examines whether targets have been achieved, impact evaluation is structured to answer the question: how ...
The SOAP note (an acronym for subjective, objective, assessment, and plan) is a method of documentation employed by healthcare providers to write out notes in a patient 's chart, along with other common formats, such as the admission note. [1] [2] Documenting patient encounters in the medical record is an integral part of practice workflow ...
Health literacy. The ability to read and understand medication instructions is a form of health literacy. Health literacy is the ability to obtain, read, understand, and use healthcare information in order to make appropriate health decisions and follow instructions for treatment. [1] There are multiple definitions of health literacy, [2] in ...
The ICF is structured around the following broad components: Body functions and structure. Activities (related to tasks and actions by an individual) and participation (involvement in a life situation) Additional information on severity and environmental factors. Functioning and disability are viewed as a complex interaction between the health ...
Example of informed consent document from the PARAMOUNT trial. Informed consent is a principle in medical ethics, medical law and media studies, that a patient must have sufficient information and understanding before making decisions about their medical care. Pertinent information may include risks and benefits of treatments, alternative ...
Phonemic awareness is a subset of phonological awareness that focuses specifically on recognizing and manipulating phonemes, the smallest units of sound. Phonics requires students to know and match letters or letter patterns with sounds, learn the rules of spelling, and use this information to decode (read) and encode (write) words.
READ 180 is a reading intervention program created by the Scholastic Corporation (Scholastic). Its focus is to utilize adaptive technology to improve literacy in students in Grades 4–12 who read at least two years below their grade level. In 2011, Scholastic released its newest version, READ 180 Next Generation, aligned to meet the ...