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My Reading Coach:™ Gold Edition Fact Sheet
Learning from the RIGHT side of the brain™

Product
My Reading Coach™ gives students self-paced individualized reading instruction.   Jim Larrabee, the emulated teacher, presents his proven reading program on four CD-ROMs.  The program consists of 61 interactive lessons followed by practice activities. Jim, a master reading teacher and speech pathologist works directly with each student.  With Jim's help, teachers are free to provide specific help and encouragement to every student.
The unique program technology infuses teacher intelligence into the program to respond to each unique student error.  This model captures Jim's own best practices to teach and remediate the student in these areas: phonemic awareness, grammar as a tool for fluency and reading comprehension.   These skills free students to comprehend and enjoy what they read.

Who Should Use     
Research has proven that all students benefit from My Reading Coach.  Average to below average students improve the most (average 10 to 30 percentile points).  However, even above average students increase their reading comprehension scores an average of 7 percentile points in just 12 weeks.  This program delivers impressive results with regular education students and with students who have low reading ability and those who do not qualify for special education.  Improvement in Bilingual students' English was noted within weeks of starting the program. It is also effective for those with attention deficit disorder (ADHD/ADD), dyslexia, and learning disabilities and for those referred to special education or reading support programs. My Reading Coach is designed for a range of student styles and benefits students age 7 and up.

Time Required  
MindPlay recommends that a student spend five hours a week on the program. For optimal success, the program should be completed within three or four months. Most students complete the program in 40 to 60 hours. 15 reading comprehension lessons are included for use with the classroom teacher or paraprofessional. Illiterate, non-English speaking and low-ability students may need to repeat the program for maximum benefits.

System          
Workstations:  Pentium II or newer, 64 MB RAM., (3.0 GB for local storage of video resources
Requirements  or CD usage required), Windows® 98, ME/2000 or newer, 16-bit-color capable video card. CD-ROM drive; Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher, Sound card and speakers installed (Microphone optional).   Call for network information.

Guarantee        
My Reading Coach™ has a 30-day, unconditional, money-back guarantee. When used in a school with 50 students or more, Mindplay guarantees that on average, students will improve 10 – 30 percentile points in 50 hours on a standardized test or your money back.

Company        
Mindplay is a leading educational software publisher founded in 1986 by Judith Bliss. Her Background search for results based resources led her to Jim Larrabee who taught reading for 25 years and claimed a 100 percent success rate. After verifying his results, Bliss began a project to make Larrabee available to everyone, resulting in My Reading Coach.

Benefits

• Guaranteed success - improves reading comprehension scores 10 to 30 percentile points in 50 hours
• Provides fast skill acquisition with no mis-learning
• Proven 95% success rate including at-risk students, ESL and ADHD /ADD students
• Assists teachers by providing a master-reading teacher and speech pathologist to work with each student
• Provides consistent reading instruction and individualized remediation to all students
• Closes the gap in reading ability within the classroom
• Enhances student self-esteem as they become successful readers
• Increases student desire to read as they become fluent
• Allows every student to work directly with an expert reading teacher and speech pathologist
• Increases reading comprehension through visualization, Reading Like You Talk,™ and pause points*

* For optimum results teacher should use the 15 lesson plans that are included with the program.

Features

• Based on a proven reading program created by 25-year veteran speech pathologist and reading teacher Jim Larrabee includes: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, text comprehension, spelling, and grammar to teach reading comprehension.
• 61 Lessons cover sounds, rules and syllabication in a format that is easy to understand and retain:

• 24 Grammar Lessons to improve reading comprehension, speech and writing skills
• One-on-one direct instruction and remediation with veteran a teacher
• Identifies gaps in knowledge so students learn only what they need to learn
• Uses state-of-the-art computer technology that holds a student’s attention and provides a sheltered learning environment to learn and practice reading skills
• Tests the student for mastery at least four different ways on every lesson
• Automatically schedules review tests and assigns and reassigns lessons as needed
• Tracks and reports student progress and improvement for accountability
• Includes printable worksheets for skill reinforcement, writing and comprehension practice  
• 15 Reading comprehension lesson plans

Training & Installation of these products are available upon request. Please Contact JST. 

JOB SKILL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
"Educational Software and Support Services"
1-800-783-5780

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