Assuming that vision is intact and decoding is rapid, fluent and not creating a drain on cognitive resources, having vocabulary adequate to the text and familiarity with relevant background information has a huge impact on reading comprehension. Familiarity with the formal structure of the text can also be helpful if relevant background knowledge is less than optimal. So just teaching about different types of writing and how they are organized and working on building vocabulary can really do a lot to improve comprehension.
Thanks Aculady...do you find an ordinary optomitrist screening adaquate for assuring yourself that vision is intact?
How do you assess if decoding is automatic enough?
We did a lot of unconsious building of backround info because that's whatb my mom did when I was little....we are going to xxxx which is known for its xxxxxx. We used to tease her that she was a frustrated tour guide but well we were all a captive audience and those are difficult to pass up.
