This straightforward book offers a four-step framework for working with struggling readers that will allow teachers to focus on and analyze specific behaviours and needs, design targeted instruction, and assess and refine teaching through conferences with the child. Packed with examples of real student-teacher conferences, the text also explores follow-up assessment and analysis over days and weeks, tracking how and when skills are developing. The book shows how to adapt its framework to use successfully with a range of readers, including young children, English language learners, and upper elementary students who are stalled in their literacy progress.