Dr. Kathleen Roskos

Kathleen Roskos teaches courses in reading instruction and reading diagnosis at John Carroll University in Ohio. She served as the Director of Ohio Literacy Initiative at the Ohio Department of Education. Dr. Roskos publishes frequent journal articles on topics such as early literacy development, teacher cognition, and the design of professional education for teachers.

Podcast 1

Dr. Kathleen Roskos, Professor of Education at John Carroll University, invites you to learn about a Tier 2 intervention for preschoolers in this podcast.  Early literacy coaches from the Lorain City Schools describe Word Play Time – a Tier 2 vocabulary intervention for preschoolers with vocabulary delays.  In a Response to Intervention model, a Tier 2 intervention consists of small group supplementary instruction that occurs in the classroom setting.  Word Play Time provides an excellent example of this new approach to serving children with special needs.