Reading Remediation and Outcomes in Detention

Strategies for Enhancing Reading in Older Underperf. Students (SERIOUS) combines two scientific, research based intervention programs, each meeting specific need of youth in detention: (1) Stevenson Reading Program, manualized and uniquely suited to students with phonological awareness, attention, and memory difficulties that may impact reading; and (2) Dr. Sharon Vaughn's well-documented, validated program, explicitly designed for older, severely reading-impaired students. SERIOUS also includes: (3) metacognitive strategies for self-regulated learning, and (4) A gamified extension of the intervention on a SmartPhone, designed to reinforce word-level skills (e.g., decoding, automaticity, and vocabulary), and including features efficacious for learning.