[2] The After School and Summer Program (ASSP) provides individuals with one-on-one remedial phonological and reading instruction.
The individual is assessed in order to determine specific strengths and weaknesses in regards to basic phonological processing skills.
Once the assessment is complete and the results are analyzed by the CARRD, a training program is constructed to aid the individual in improving deficient skills.
The program aims to close the gap between students who are weak in phonological processing and reading skills and those who are excellent readers.
In addition to one-on-one tutoring through the ASSP, parents are encouraged to assist their children at home by practicing skill-building exercises together.
[4] These children have the ability to learn to read, but have a specific skill deficit that prevents them from accomplishing this important task.
Children with reading difficulties are at-risk for dropping out of school, parental abuse, poor self-esteem, and are more likely to find their way into the welfare and criminal justice systems.
Through the Center for READing, beginning first graders in the Pittsburg, Kansas area are assessed with the 'IIP' and are then provided with the intervention designed to eliminate the barriers that are preventing them from becoming good readers.