In response to requests from teachers, speech/language pathologists, special educators, and home schooling parents we are releasing a complete professional version of the WKRP Sound Segmentation Training Program in kit form.

The program is easy to learn. The kit contains full instructions and the specialized training materials developed by WKRP during the eight years the program has been in use.

This program kit enables you to use the WKRP teaching techniques with your students without needing direct training by our staff. WKRP does offer varying levels of instructor certification for those who desire additional training.

READING BY THE RULES teaches strategies to:

• Improve left/right tracking skills
• Strengthen sound symbol relationships
• Develop organization and retrieval skills
• Improve ability to decode words

READING BY THE RULES differentiates itself from other programs by its method of instruction. Language is modified so that children and adults with language learning difficulties can easily understand the material.

READING BY THE RULES uses mnemonics, story telling, and visual cues embedded within the letters themselves which triggers rapid retrieval of the sounds in a word.

READING BY THE RULES uses direct, explicit instruction in phonological awareness, sound symbol retrieval, segmentation skills, and syllable pattern types.

READING BY THE RULES addresses the needs of children who have difficulty understanding instructional language such as before/then/after; concepts of first, second and third; and left to right linear organization. Students can then learn to apply strategies to analyze how sounds are structured within words.

READING BY THE RULES teaches the equally important retrieval strategies and "thinking skills" that allow students to explain to themselves the process they apply to decoding words.

READING BY THE RULES is a program that can be administered by speech language pathologists, teachers and other educators.

READING BY THE RULES techniques and materials are easy to learn and easy to apply. Each teaching card has the instructor's script on the back, for consistency and ease in presentation.

READING BY THE RULES can be successfully applied individually or in groups in grades K-12. Because it is a developmental model, it can be used as curriculum in grades K-2.