The aim of the study was to investigate how schools identify primary school children with early reading difficulties and what kind of early intervention special education teachers use to support these students. This study also investigates early interventions that special education teachers con­sider to be effective. Ten special education teachers were interviewed regarding early intervention. The result showed that the schools use several screenings from within the age group of 6-9 year olds. The special education teachers can at an early stage identify primary school children with difficulties in their reading and they use a range of different interventions. It is found in this study that an intense period of individual tuition is the intervention that most special education teachers think leads to good results for primary school children with difficulties in their early reading. That finding is also supported in previous research. It is clear that special education teachers and special education teachers need more time for early intervention. The teachers' opportunities for doing this should be reviewed.

The aim of the study is to examine the one-to-one interventions and methods used by special education teachers for pupils with reading disabilities. The study highlights how special education teachers plan, implement and evaluate the interventions, based on analysis of qualitative interviews. The survey consists of eleven special education teachers active in eleven different schools. The study shows that the special education teachers consider early, intense interventions and a combination of evidence-based methods and materials as a means for good results. A majority of the teachers emphasize high competence and use current research in planning, implementation and evaluation of reading interventions. The special education teachers are unanimous in that cooperation between different competences and with guardians is a necessity to best support pupils with reading difficulties. All special education teachers emphasize that a respectful relationship with the pupil must permeate the individual reading interventions. In summary, the special education teachers express the need of more time for early intense interventions regarding pupils with reading disabilities. A question that arises is why those responsible in the municipality, in spite of thorough screening and research, do not sufficiently prioritize early intense interventions.