We offer individualized tutorials for school-age children and adults with language-based learning disabilities using the Wilson Reading System®. The Wilson Reading System®, published for more than 10 years, has been successfully implemented in school districts and adult education settings across the country. One of the characteristics of the Wilson Reading System is that it was developed for students beyond grade three. It is used widely with middle school students, adolescents and adults.

The Wilson Reading System® has facets in common with other structured language programs including instruction that is multi-sensory, systematic (sequential and cumulative), direct and diagnostic. The teaching plan is based on continuous assessment of the student's needs. Some characteristics of the Wilson Reading System® that distinguish it from other structured language programs include:

• Research-based with over ten years of data collected and analyzed from school districts implementing the program.
   
• A systematic and cumulative approach to teach total word structure for decoding and encoding designed for students beyond grade three, adolescents, and adults.
   
• Includes extensive controlled text (wordlists, sentences, and stories) for application of practice skills.
   
• Uses a unique "sound tapping" system early in the program to help the student learn to differentiate the phonemes (speech sounds) in a word. This technique is used for both segmenting and blending sounds.
   
• The scope and sequence emphasizes six types of syllables.
   
• Coding of words is more limited than some programs; emphasis is primarily on application, coding is used as reinforcement.
   
• There is less emphasis on overwhelming students with the language of rules and more emphasis on the understanding and fluent application of the rules.
   
• Uses a simplified method of syllable division with penciling technique used for tracking.
   
• Teaches all concepts throughout the program with the manipulation of cards (sound cards, syllable cards, and suffix cards).
   
• Fluency is emphasized from the beginning.
   
• The commitment to implementation extends beyond fast "in and out" workshops.
   
• The program is comprehensive; it is designed to follow students from one grade to the next, as needed.
   
• Criterion-based assessment built into the program measures student progress and success.

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Wilson Language Training is dedicated to providing the teaching community with the resources needed to help their students become fluent, independent readers. Our two multisensory, structured reading and spelling curricula, the Wilson Reading System and Fundations, have proven to be highly effective in achieving this goal. Wilson also brings to the task more than a decade of professional development courses  and ongoing teacher support.

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