ABOUT

Dr. Lisa O. Guidry

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I earned a PhD from LSU in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on reading and special education. I have over 20 years of diverse teaching experience with PK – 10th grade students (in regular and special settings). I also taught pre-service and practicing teachers in undergraduate and graduate university programs at Florida State University and University of Louisiana at Monroe.

 

Both my research and instructional interests center on early reading intervention and the prevention of reading disabilities. I continue to be resolute about my passion for leveling the playing field for struggling readers and educating society about Reading Reality.

Honig, et al (2000) described the Reading Reality. They provided the following statistics based on convergent research findings. Approximately 5% of students can read at the start of school. Another 20% to 35% find learning to read relatively easy. More than half of students (60%) find learning to read challenging. Unfortunately, one-half of these students (approximately 30%) experience extreme difficulties learning to read.

 

I created instructional materials for the struggling readers I’ve taught throughout my career. I also wrote an unpublished manuscript “Helping Students Crack the Reading Code” for teachers struggling to teach all their students.  These materials and manuscript are published on my Teachers Pay Teachers site (www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/crack-the-reading-code).