Basic Skills Software for Improving Reading

References

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National Reading Panel (2000). Teaching children to read: An evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction. Report of the subgroups. Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/nrp/smallbook.htm

Tallal, P., Miller, S. L., Bedi, G., Byma, G., Wang, X., Nagarajan, S. S., Schriener, C., Jenkins, W. M., & Merzenich, M. M. (1996). Language comprehension in language-learning impaired children improved with acoustically modified speech. Science, 271, 81-84.

Tallal, P., Miller, S. L., Jenkins, W. M., & Merzenich, M. (1997). The role of temporal processing in developmental language-based disorders: Research and clinical implications. In B. A. Blachman (Ed.). Foundations of reading acquisition and dyslexia (pp. 49-66). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Software Review Sites

Kids Domain: http://www.kidsdomain.com/review
Super Kids: http://www.superkids.com