EDF3551 Assignment 1:
Teaching literacy skills students with mild intellectual disabilities are vital to reading and comprehending, yet often there is limited research and suggestions for teaching students’ phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. This essay will be examining key suggestions on teaching a grade on a student with a mild intellectual disability the literacy skills required for reading comprehension.

In terms of classifying intellectual disabilities, the use of Intelligence Quotient test scores is the main identifier of diagnosing a person with Intellectual Disability. The consensus of classifying intellectual disability falls into one of three labels: Mild, Moderate and severe.

Mild Intellectual disabilities are defined by Hyde, Carpenter and Doyle as having an Intelligent Quotation ranging from 55 to approximately 70 and are not identified until the student fails at school subjects. (Hyde, Carpenter & Dole, 2017, p.210) However, it is important that the label of mild intellectual disability does not mean that the person’s disability is not classed as a though the person can function as though they do not have a disability. A student with a mild intellectual disability will need assistance with day to day life and issues. In some cases, mild intellectual disabilities will often become