Visual Reading

PRIMARY USE
> LEARNING TO READ WITHOUT EXPLANATIONS TO A PUPIL
> DEVELOPMENT OF AURAL PERCEPTION
> DEVELOPMENT OF VERBAL SKILLS AND EXPANSION OF VOCABULARY OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS
> SPEECH THERAPY AND REHABILITATION OF POST-TRAUMATIC CONDITIONS
> DYSPHASIA/APHASIA THERAPY

Target diagnoses - children:
> pervasive development disorder
> autism spectrum disorder
> poliomyelitis
> mental retardation
> dysphasia, dyslexia,
> aphasia - after brain injury
> speech disorders
> Asperger’s
> Down's syndrome
> ADD, ADHD
> specific learning disorders

Target diagnoses - adults:
> speech therapy after sudden cerebrovascular accident
> trauma cases (head traumas with damage of parts of brain which manage speech understanding and production etc.)
> patients with disrupted cognitive function (Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s etc.)

It is also suitable for the healthy population, for the learning of a secondary language or for pre-school level reading development etc.

This program is targeted at children and adults in order to start or further develop their reading and hearing abilities.

The Program has been developed and tested in cooperation with teachers from a kindergarten for ASD, special needs children, in Bratislava, Slovakia.

LEARNING LANGUAGES: UK English, Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, Polish

USER INTERFACE LANGUAGES: UK English, Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, Polish

PROJECT WEB PAGES: www.visualreading.org

LEARNING PRINCIPLES:
1. Explanation free approach
2. PECS principles (picture exchange communication system)
3. Global, syllable and sound based reading
4. T-H-H-T learning method (touch-hear-hear-touch)
5. Minimalistic user interface
6. Phonetic spelling
7. Lessons organised in a visual mind map structure
8. Uses the method of global reading and analytical-synthetic method

PROGRAM OFFERS:
1. Automated learning statistics
2. Optional font for dyslexic students
3. Session video recording
4. Index of about 900 nouns, verbs and numbers
5. Index of about 850 sounds, syllables and words
6. Student profiles
7. After session summary form
8. Visual dictionary in categories:
- Home and Garden (nouns)
- Human (nouns)
- Nature (nouns)
- Education (nouns)
- Food-drink (nouns)
- Activities (vebrs)
- Math (numbers)

EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS for parents, students and others:
> Autism spectrum disorder mind map: ASD visualization per the book: Poruchy autistickeho spektra, Katerina Thorova, Portal 2006, Czech Republic, ISBN: 80-7367-091-7.