Widely regarded as the "one that works," the Edmark Reading Program has long helped students who need an alternative to phonics.
The key to this success is the program’s use of a carefully sequenced, highly repetitive word recognition method combined with errorless learning. This approach eliminates incorrect responses and helps students view themselves as readers. The Edmark Reading Program ensures success to students of all ages who have not yet mastered beginning reading.
Students with a variety of differences and disabilities (e.g., students with developmental disability, intellectual disability, autism, hearing impairment, reading disability, or learning disability; learners of English as a second language) learn to read using the Edmark Reading Program. The Edmark Reading Program serves as the sole reading program for many students or as a supplement to a phonics-based or other type of reading program. Students from preschool through adulthood are successful with the Edmark Reading Program.
New in the Second Edition
New look — New illustrations appeal to children and adults
Organization — Simplified numbering and easy to plan and manage
Stories — Many new stories and full-color illustrations
Mastery Test — Integrated into the program to provide baseline data and periodic assessment
Lesson Plan/Record Book — Combines lesson planning and ongoing progress monitoring
Reading and Social Skills Games — Games with lesson plans teach social skills while reinforcing vocabulary and comprehension
The Rides — This new reader is a student reward for completion of Level 1
Judy’s Birthday Party — This new reader is a student reward for completion of Level 2
Word Signs DVD — A video word-signing guide demonstrating the 350 words from Levels 1 and 2
Research-based Instructional Strategies
Errorless Learning
Positive Reinforcement
Use of Manipulatives
Oral and sight word vocabulary
Controlled vocabulary stories
Social Skills Enrichment
Continuous Progress Monitoring
Learning Opportunities
200 Words from the Dolch Word List and basal readers
Extensive comprehension practice of words, phrases, and stories
Visual memory of words
Left-to-right reading/tracking
Thinking and discrimination skills
Association between oral language and print
Recommended for
Students with developmental disabilities or Autism
Students with learning disabilities
Title 1 students
ESL students
Preschool and kindergarten students who lack vocabulary development
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