In spite of No Child Left Behind and the support provided by Response ToIntervention, significant numbers of students continue to struggle with literacy.This text addresses learning-related needs of individual students in addition tointerventions for the challenges they face. Struggling readers represent manydifferent ethnicities, socio-economic levels, languages, and dialects in anycombination and possess an even wider variety of social, cultural, motivational,literacy, and real world experiences. Through the presentation of case studies, this book considers these factorsand their influence on literacy development and suggests ways to adapt research-based instructional strategiesand approaches, as well as classroom practices to address them. It also includes related recommended resources.The text appeals to the concerns of classroom teachers, reading specialists, and faculty in teacher educationprograms, as well as anyone looking for practical, research-based ways to further the literacy development ofindividuals who struggle to read.