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PREVENTING ACADEMIC FAILURE (US)
This is the name of an Orton based multisensory reading, spelling and handwriting teaching program better known as PAF. Its authors are Phyllis Bertin and Eileen Periman. Karen Einhorn can attest to the effectiveness of this teaching method. She has used this approach over a 12 -year period and has found it a very effective way to teach dyslexic students. The PAF program is widely known in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. For further information visit this web site. William Ferguson.(Comments/reviews welcome)

THE DYSLEXIA RESOURCE (UK)
A resource pack by Marion Walker for tutors of adults and children with specific learning difficulties. Used in schools, prisons and Further and Higher Ed centers in the UK: The Dyslexia Resource (Comments/reviews welcome)

DYSLEXIA PRODUCTS
Including the Visual Tracking Magnifier, the VTM Line Reader and the Optim-eyes Task Lamp: Dyslexia Products (Comments/reviews welcome)

SPELLZONE
Online spelling course designed for the older dyslexic. The age range is from teenager to adult. It is not a basic program, for the course assumes the students will have a reading age of about 9. It is aimed at the mild dyslexic and students with more serious problems who have followed multi-sensory programs and need help with residual difficulties. Spellzone caters for British and American spellings. It is a subscription website but the fee is very small somewhere around US$32 / 20BPS. There is an informative spelling tips section which is free. The web site is professionally done and the author, Shireen Shuster, has spent 2 years writing the course. Shireen is the author of ‘Stile Dyslexia’ a recommended spelling book by the U.K Dyslexia Institute. (William Ferguson) Spellzone (Comments/reviews welcome)

LINDAMOOD PHONEME SEQUENCING PROGRAM (US)
- stimulates phonemic awareness. Individuals become aware of the mouth actions which produce speech sounds. This awareness becomes the means of verifying sounds within words and enables individuals to become self-correcting in reading, spelling, and speech. Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program.(Comments/reviews welcome)

LACEWING MULTIMEDIA
- educational resources for 7-13 year old dyslexic children, using colorful and orginal stories and poems which reinforce the teaching points. The website also features fully illustrated children's fiction with sample pages which can be downloaded. Lacewing Multimedia (Comments/reviews welcome)

LEARNING STAIRCASE
- Ros Lugg is a specialist teacher and assessor, specializing in learning disabilities (including dyslexia). She and several colleagues set up a resource company, Learning Staircase, to provide resources and support for both children and adults. The resources are designed to be used by specialist teachers, speech/language therapists, tutors, or parents who wish to work with their own children. Most of the materials are game-based and detailed instructions are provided. The resources concentrate on developing the pre-literacy and early literacy skills and there is a teaching manual which can teach parents how to teach alphabet knowledge and spelling and reading skills. Individual advice is available by e-mail. The Learning Staircase also retails leading international software for literacy and numeracy. Ros’s company are particularly proud that many New Zealand schools, speech language therapists, SPELD tutors and parents are now using these materials with great success. (Comments/reviews welcome)

WORD CONSTRUCTION SET (NZ)
- A phonics word-builder where students hear, see, construct, create and work with 7000 phonic parts to construct the Seven Buildings of the Word World: consonants, vowels, endings, homophones, compounds, and Latin roots and prefixes. Natural speech, animation and graphics help reinforce in-depth phonics awareness in word-building and spelling. There are special areas for learning word order, punctuation, and the use of verbal, plural, and possessive endings. There is a variety of levels of word work: from simple single-syllable consonantal formation to complex polysyllabic Greek and Latin word-building - all levels involving word play and word experimentation. Students may test themselves by using a given word in a sentence. Student progress is recorded, assessed and stored for retrieval. (Comments/reviews welcome)

• Special Education Resources on the Internet - Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) is a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This collection exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources more easily and readily available in one location. (US).
  
  
• ELK - UK charity delivering dyslexia awareness training in education, community and business settings, as well as running arts based learning workshops for young people and adults to build skills and confidence. ELK believes that all students should be enabled to develop emotionally, physically and intellectually.
  
  
• Attack Reading and Spelling
  
  
  
  
• Listing of British CReSTeD schools can be obtained from the British Dyslexia Association.
  
  
  
• The British Dyslexia Association produce a very detailed annual book called 'The Dyslexia Handbook'.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Rita C. Wright's Teacher Pages - This collection of online teacher resources includes many search engines, online message boards, lesson plans and ideas, educational games, interactive publications and e-journals, and special education resources. The dyslexia section includes informational papers about dyslexia, as well as links to various other sites that discuss the diagnosis and support of dyslexia.
  
  
• Great as Gold - website of stories about famous dyslexic people, written with the help of the author's dyslexic daughter.
  
  
• Materials to teach instructional strategies to students with learning disabilities - An assortment of instructional materials for implementing strategies instruction in your classroom. (from LD Online)
  
  
• The Hornsby Centre (London UK) run courses and have an email shop for resources.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Teach Any Child or Adult to Read - Edna Freinkel is principal of the Rebecca Ostrowiak School of Reading in Germaniston, South Africa. Her interesting web site explains the reading program that has been developed. She co-authored a book about the school's program. She is internationally known and has appeared on South African radio and television.
  
  
• Disabled student's allowance (UK)
  
  
• I am Dyslexic - created by a gifted but dyslexic 12-year old student. It is full of information and there is a section for children to play games to develop spelling. Links to other areas of interest to a dyslexic youngster.
  
  
• ADHD: a path to success - an alternative approach to treating Attention Deficit without the use of drugs, by Lawrence Weathers, Ph.D.
  
  
• Learning Disabilities Information and Education Centre
  
  
• Interactive Crossword Puzzles - fill in crossword puzzles online.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Reading Success Lab - Free reading assessment software which helps to identify reading difficulties.
  
  
• Allhealthlinks.com
  
  
• Dyslexia: a Positive Perspective - having dyslexia doesn’t need to be a disadvantage; it’s just a different learning style.
  
  
• Student Computers - Student Directory (UK)
  
  
• Speechville Express - If your child has difficulty with speech, language, communication, or is a late talker, this website lists available resources to help your child, or a child you care about who has a communication impairment or disorder.
  
  
• Math and Reading help for Kids - directory of articles, tips, and resources centered on the topic of children's learning.
  

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