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Reaching Students with Reading Disabilities During the Summer.

Joanna A Christodoulou¹, Adriana M Azor¹, Rebecca A Marks¹

¹Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA.

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|February 13, 2026

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Summary

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Summer break offers a chance to improve literacy for children with reading disabilities (RD). Targeted reading interventions during summer can help close achievement gaps and support reading brain development.

Keywords:

brain plasticity policy reading development reading disabilities summer

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Area of Science:

Interdisciplinary research combining cognitive neuroscience and education.

Background:

Children with reading disabilities (RD) experience reading challenges during the school year.
Summer vacation presents a critical opportunity to address learning loss and reading skill deficits.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore how policy makers can leverage interdisciplinary knowledge to support reading achievement during summer vacation.
To review research on summer programming and policies for vulnerable readers.

Main Methods:

Review of existing research on summer reading programs.
Analysis of current educational policies related to summer learning.
Synthesis of findings from cognitive neuroscience and education.

Main Results:

Impactful reading experiences, particularly for word-level skills, are crucial for developing reading brain networks.

Summer provides a unique window to implement targeted literacy interventions for children with RD.

Conclusions:

Policy makers can facilitate reading achievement by supporting evidence-based summer literacy initiatives.
Capitalizing on summer opportunities is essential for advancing reading skills in vulnerable student populations.