Reading

The Wilson Reading System is used to help students who have not internalized sounds and word structure.  This interactive and multisensory program directly and systematically teaches students how to decode words.  In addition, students learn to encode (spell) as they learn to decode.  (Wilson Reading System Instructor Manual)

Current research indicates that using direct, systematic code-based instruction delivered by a knowledgeable teacher is the most effective approach for problem readers. (Moats & Lyon, 1996)

Studies by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at Bowman Gray School of Medicine, John Hopkins, and Yale University indicate that the ability to read and comprehend depends upon rapid and automatic recognition and decoding of single words.  The ability to decode words accurately and fluently depends on  the ability to segment words and syllables into abstract constituent sound units (phonemes).  According to these research projects, slow and inaccurate decoding are the best indicators of difficulties in reading comprehension. (Wilson Reading System Instructor Manual)