Assisted Literacy Software

ALS are computer programs that help students with reading disabilities, such as dyslexia or comprehension deficits learn to read or to read with greater fluency.   One example is the Computer Assisted Literacy Solution (CALS).   Here's a link to a presentation about their reading program http://eps.schoolspecialty.com/other/other11_rotary/  It seems to be quite thorough!

This reading program instructs students in five critical areas– Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension. It seems as if it could be extremely helpful to struggling readers .  I have a number of  ESL students who even in the high school could benefit through literary software.  This particular program even provides progress monitoring of a student's reading skills and therefore, is very useful for all who would work with a struggling student.