Strengthening Reading Comprehension Skills through Fluency Building of Core Language Components

Dr. Kimberly Nix Berens, Ph.D., BCBA-D, discusses the limitations of traditional comprehension strategies and presents a more effective approach based on four essential components: accurate decoding, component skill mastery, relational responding, and fluent application. She introduces a fluency-building framework that systematically strengthens these skills to improve comprehension. The presentation also includes clinical outcome data demonstrating how this approach leads to more meaningful reading comprehension gains compared to conventional methods.