The SpellRead program helps children, youth, post-secondary students and adults by:
Providing reading enhancement for those who may be able to read high-level material or material at grade level, but must read and re-read to have full comprehension. Their inefficient skills prevent them from reading and comprehending with ease.
Developing efficient spelling and writing for those who struggle to express themselves in writing and whose ability to express themselves orally is significantly higher than their ability to do so in writing.
Developing reading for those who read with poor fluency and/or comprehension. This group tends to struggle because of an excessive reliance on context, visual memory, or syllable-level decoding to identify unfamiliar words. These coping strategies are used in place of automatic, efficient decoding based on a solid sound system.
Enabling beginning reading for those who recognize spoken/written word relationships, but are unable to read without assistance. They know that reading is oral language written down and can use their knowledge of language to read predictable books.
Enabling entry into reading for those who are not aware of spoken/written word relationships.
