I have looked at hundreds of different learning programs both proprietary and opensource and have found very little that I would term promising for reading disabilities.
Granted, I might be a little biased... I have been teaching children to read for 15 years. We are currently working on a whole suite of applications for all students.
Soon we will be looking for comments and maybe even assistance from the OS community.
As for video games being able to help teach students... some people disagree but auditory/visual learning is by far one of the best ways to help children and older students learn to read. People can say what they like about it... but nearly 2 million kids a day use our programs in schools across the country and our results are incredible.
The average teacher considers herself lucky if she can help a student raise their sight vocabulary and comprehension skills by 4 months in a school year. Our programs get 4-6 years growth in 90 days. So debate the video game approach as you wish... but the truth is it works and works amazingly well.
Good luck with your brother... If I can be of any assistance... dont hesitate to email me. Let's not slashdot me please... lol my $4/month account would get cutoff.
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I have looked at hundreds of different learning programs both proprietary and opensource and have found very little that I would term promising for reading disabilities. Granted, I might be a little biased... I have been teaching children to read for 15 years. We are currently working on a whole suite of applications for all students. Soon we will be looking for comments and maybe even assistance from the OS community. As for video games being able to help teach students... some people disagree but auditory/visual learning is by far one of the best ways to help children and older students learn to read. People can say what they like about it... but nearly 2 million kids a day use our programs in schools across the country and our results are incredible. The average teacher considers herself lucky if she can help a student raise their sight vocabulary and comprehension skills by 4 months in a school year. Our programs get 4-6 years growth in 90 days. So debate the video game approach as you wish... but the truth is it works and works amazingly well. Good luck with your brother... If I can be of any assistance... dont hesitate to email me. Let's not slashdot me please... lol my $4/month account would get cutoff.