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Checklist
for Basic Reading & Spelling Difficulties: |
 Difficulty
with sounding words out
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| Difficulty
spelling words |
Inability
to self-correct reading or spelling errors |
A
history of reading and spelling difficulty in the family |
A
history of special class placements and/or remedial
help |
Frustration
and unhappiness over reading |
| Difficulty
in recognizing or producing fine speech sounds. A child
might say "boo"
instead of "blue". An adult might say "stastistics"
instead of "statistics". |
If your child exhibits
three or more of the above, then it is likely your child
would benefit from our basic reading program, called Discover
Reading©.
Contact Dr. Truch
1-800-605-9272 (toll free in North America)
Reading is a complex process. First of all,
it involves learning a complicated and often confusing code
of letters and sounds. Recent research shows that many people
have difficulty with this part of reading because they have
difficulty processing the actual sounds (phonemes) in a word.
They are unable to segment, manipulate or blend sounds
(phonemes) in spoken words. In turn, this pre-phonics
problem (technically known as phonological awareness)
interferes with the learning of letter and sound connections.
Therefore, the process of "sounding out words" (and spelling
them) never develops the way it should. Without direct remediation,
the problem compounds itself over time leading to frustration
with and avoidance of reading. A large and compelling body
of reading research clearly states that weak phonological
awareness is a leading cause of reading and spelling problems,
including dyslexia. The Reading Foundation's
Discover Reading© program deals with the phonological
issue very effectively. The program provides the "missing
ingredient" for students with this issue. |
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