SIS includes the following Critical Literacy Components

• Phonology
• Phonemic awareness
• Decoding and spelling
• Fluency
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Writing

SIS Uses Differentiated Instruction Techniques that are:

• Diagnostic
• Prescriptive
• Multisensory
• Phonics-based
• Systematic, structured and sequential

SIS Academic Therapists Learn:

• Information from current reading research
• The rationale for multisensory instruction
• Stages of reading development
• Phonology, including phonemic awareness
• Graphophonemic relationships (symbol/sound correspondence)
• Morphology (meaning units of word parts)
• Semantics (Vocabulary and syntax)
• The influence of etymology (word origins) on spelling
• Multisensory spelling techniques for phonetic and non-phonetic words
• Syllabication
• Strategies for building fluency and comprehension
• Lesson Planning
• Diagnostic Teaching
• Adapting instruction to students’ individual needs