What are some Literacy Programs and Services??
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This depends on what state/area you live in and the ages/needs of the kids. The Boys and Girls Club in most cities have afterschool tutoring programs as well as Silven Learning Center.
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As s Literacy Specialist, I can tell you there are a lot of things you could do to help your son. \nHowever, before you go about helping him, find out how the school approaches reading. Do they have a phonics based program or whole literacy program? (It is usually one or the other).  You do not want to teach a completley different way at home than what the school is teaching. \nAnother thing, is to find out exactly where he is struggling.It is too broad for me to tell you what you should be doing to help him when I do not know where his struggles are. Are they decoding, fluency,  inferencing, etc? (All of these factors affect comprehension)\n\nIf for instance, he is having trouble decoding words  you could use word tiles to strenghten his vocabulary and use some basic phonic instruction. (There are some great work books you could use out there). \nHowever, if he is struggling in fluency he needs to immerse himself more in reading and monitoring himself.    \n\nTalk to his teachers and I bet they can tell you where he is struggling. However, the best thing he can always do is to read, read, read. If he does not enjoy it much, then you could take turns with him reading aloud. \nHope this helps!
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Is this what you are looking for?\n\nhttp://www.brightervision.com/\n\nThese are sent monthly at roughly $17.00 They come with a book to read, a workbook and usually 1 or 2 activities which include materials.
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Try these:\n\nhttp://www.carolhurst.com/\nThis provides a collection of reviews of books for children, ideas of ways to use them in a classroom, and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes, and professional topics.\n\nhttp://www.reachforreading.com/\nThis site offers educators intervention strategies for below grade readers.\n\nhttp://www.reading.org\nThe International Reading Association is an organization devoted to further reading and literacy.  It has information and links to current issues.\n\nhttp://www.teacher.scholastic.com/\nOn this web page, you can find free tools and resources for the classroom such as: Lesson plans, teaching strategies, and many other tools.
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com is a very nice site.\n\nhttp://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/tablek.html\n\nhttp://www.kidport.com/GradeK/GradeKHome.htm
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try searching for Kindergarten Readiness Assessment-Literacy (KRA-L) instead of kraw-l.\n\nTesting changes year to year and is state specific, so you may want to include the name of your state in the search
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Do a search for literacy rates and/or national literacy rates. I've had to find the same info once and I got everything I needed and more. If you look a little bit, You can find comparisons of literacy rates to economic levels per nation.
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Please see the list in the sources section, but there are several countries that share the #1 spot at 99.9% literacy, but I'm not sure how you want the information presented, so I'll just give you the link and you can sort the data how you see fit :)
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Well, if you run a spell check, and really look at what the program offers as alternatives, then you will improve your spelling ability.\n\ne.g. "Education" is spelled with a "d," not a "g."  Some spell checks even show you when to capitalize words, such as at the beginning of a sentence.
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Lots of reading, not just books, but newspapers too.  Be sure to look up any words you don't know if you cannot derive the meaning from context.   Also I find crossword puzzles are a great way to build your vocabulary, because it has you thinking of the alternate meanings of words and phrases.
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Check this out: http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/explore/phonics.html
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Check out the National Literacy Programme; as for each year group there are a designated list. For example Year 1 children have approxiamately 40 key words to learn.  In Year 2 this is built upon and added to.\nHope this helps.
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LMAO!!! Like we could really outline a full remediation program on a short answer forum like this!  You need to take the courses and training.  For some basic information, try starting here:\n\nhttp://www.interdys.org/\nhttp://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/reading/reading_approaches.html
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Try this:\n\nhttp://www.reading.org\nThe International Reading Association is an organization devoted to further reading and literacy.  It has information and links to current issues.
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Check out an ESL class in your area. A good starting point is the United Way they can refer you to a class. They fund a great deal of literacy. My mother teaches ESL (English as a second language) in Houston and she volunteers her time to teach. I don't think there is a charge for most of these classes anywhere. Good luck to you on learning. PS you can also do some online.
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Most public libraries offer free English as a Second Language classes.  It looks like you already have a fairly good working knowledge of the written language, so you are off to a good start.  Good Luck!
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Try here:\n\nhttp://www.edhelper.com/language/Reading_Skills.htm