ASD Readยญing Reviews

โ€œDisยญcloยญsure: This is a sponยญsored post ( for more details please read our priยญvaยญcy policy/sponsored post disยญcloยญsure) by ASD Reading.com. All opinยญions expressed in this post are based on our perยญsonยญal review, after going through the proยญgram and getยญting some reviews from parยญents and teachยญers who already have been using it for a while.โ€

Chilยญdren with autism must develยญop strong litยญerยญaยญcy skills. For acaยญdยญeยญmยญic sucยญcess and life in genยญerยญal, readยญing and writยญing are imperative.

Chilยญdren on the autism specยญtrum have not always develยญoped strong litยญerยญaยญcy skills, and ASD Readยญing is workยญing to change that.

Autism Specยญtrum Disยญorยญder Readยญing is an online platยญform dedยญiยญcatยญed to teachยญing chilยญdren with autism to read, write and comprehend.

The proยญgram is taiยญlored specifยญiยญcalยญly to the needs of chilยญdren with autism who are often left behind by conยญvenยญtionยญal schoolยญing and who thus fail to develยญop litยญerยญaยญcy skills.

ASD Readยญing recยญogยญnizes the innate intelยญliยญgence of chilยญdren with autism, and their abilยญiยญty to read and write. It adapts instrucยญtionยญal methยญods to harยญness that intelยญliยญgence and conยญvert it into litยญerยญaยญcy skills. The unique proยญgram offers many benยญeยญfits to chilยญdren with autism and their families.

What Is Unique About ASD Reading?

ASD Readยญing is based on innoยญvยญaยญtive conยญtent and methยญods develยญoped by Dr. Marยญiยญon Blank. Dr. Blank drew on her years of expeยญriยญence as a world-renowned litยญerยญaยญcy and lanยญguage expert to creยญate a teachยญing method that enables chilยญdren to sucยญceed, even if they are non-verยญbal.

Dr. Blank served as Co-Direcยญtor of the Columยญbia Uniยญverยญsiยญty Develยญopยญmenยญtal Neuยญropsyยญchiยญaยญtry Proยญgram for Autism and Relatยญed Disยญorยญders and brings a wealth of knowlยญedge in child develยญopยญment and the develยญopยญment of language.

It is this expeยญriยญence that was mouldยญed into a speยญcifยญic proยญgram that is helpยญing many autisยญtic chilยญdren to read.

Features Of ASD Reading

The teachยญing proยญgram requires no preยญreqยญuiยญsite skills on behalf of its parยญticยญiยญpants. Any child can use the proยญgram, even chilยญdren who are non-verbal.

One of the advanยญtages of the proยญgram and one of the reaยญsons that it is able to engage stuยญdents who would othยญerยญwise not learn to read is that it uses images.

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The proยญgram incorยญpoยญrates graphยญics, audio and aniยญmaยญtion to reinยญforce meanยญing in a text, and this has been proven to increase the comยญpreยญhenยญsion of a text for autisยญtic children. 

The proยญgram also comยญbines writยญten and spoยญken lanยญguage. Expert research has found that writยญten and spoยญken lanยญguage mirยญror each othยญer, and reinยญforce each othยญer. A childโ€™s spoยญken lanยญguage can, thereยญfore, be used to enhance their readยญing ability.

ASD Readยญing is indiยญvidยญuยญalยญized. It offers cusยญtomized instrucยญtion that is adaptยญed to the speยญcifยญic needs of that child, includยญing their iniยญtial readยญing and speakยญing abilยญiยญty, their likes and disยญlikes and their personality.

This kind of indiยญvidยญuยญalยญized instrucยญtion is difยญfiยญcult to find in a mainยญstream school classยญroom and is one of the reaยญsons that ASD Readยญing has been sucยญcessยญful with so many children.

A sysยญtemยญatยญic assessยญment is anothยญer hallยญmark. The lessons and varยญied assessยญment tools idenยญtiยญfy each stuยญdenยญtโ€™s errors and address them specifยญiยญcalยญly, while also idenยญtiยญfyยญing the childโ€™s strengths and successes.

This is a more tarยญgetยญed approach to overยญcomยญing speยญcifยญic difยญfiยญculยญties and proยญvides chilยญdren and their parยญents with an accuยญrate descripยญtion of that childโ€™s progress at every stage.

Why does it work?

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ASD Readยญing moves away from phonยญics instrucยญtion. Phonยญics is a traยญdiยญtionยญal method for teachยญing young chilยญdren to read, but experts now realยญize that it has limยญitยญed effectiveness.

It teachยญes sounds but not meanยญing. ASD Readยญing, on the othยญer hand, focusยญes strongยญly on meanยญing and comยญpreยญhenยญsion in a text.

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ASD Readยญing relies on vision. It is not depenยญdent on a whole word or whole lanยญguage teachยญing. Instead, it is foundยญed on Dr. Blankโ€™s โ€œ6โ€‘SIMโ€ principle.

The โ€œ6โ€‘SIMโ€ prinยญciยญple refers to the Six Skill Inteยญgratยญed Method, which uses intenยญsive word teachยญing. Every aspect of a word is taught in a comยญpreยญhenยญsive and inteยญgratยญed process.

The six skills taught are:

  • Spelling
  • Meanยญing
  • Relaยญtionยญship
  • Placeยญment in sentences
  • Conยญtent
  • Gramยญmar

ASD Readยญing teachยญes autisยญtic chilยญdren about all of the aspects of a word that deterยญmine the meanยญing of that word in a parยญticยญuยญlar context.

- Detail

The ASD Readยญing proยญgram focusยญes on imporยญtant minor details. Even small words such as โ€œbut, some, and, thatโ€ are addressed in the program.

The use of these words is a comยญmon weakยญness for chilยญdren on the specยญtrum and often remains a chalยญlenge because traยญdiยญtionยญal teachยญing methยญods do not specifยญiยญcalยญly address this weakยญness. ASD Readยญing tarยญgets this skill specifically.

Furยญtherยญmore, ASD Readยญing allows teachยญers of chilยญdren with autism to inteยญgrate into their teachยญing skills such as sequencยญing, letยญter-sound idenยญtiยญfiยญcaยญtion, spelling, writยญing and blendยญing, skills that all chilยญdren need as they learn to read.

- Content

ASD Readยญing uses speยญcifยญic conยญtent. Conยญtent that is relยญeยญvant and speยญcifยญic to chilยญdren on the specยญtrum. Comยญmonยญly used conยญtent is fine for othยญer chilยญdren. Still, the more taiยญlored conยญtent used in ASD Readยญing proยญgrams has been found to engage chilยญdren more effecยญtiveยญly and to relate to their life expeยญriยญences, thereยญfore improvยญing their lanยญguage abilยญiยญty in the long term.

- Fun

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ASD Readยญing proยญgrams are fun. Chilยญdren love fun. Chilยญdren learn betยญter when they are havยญing fun, and they are more inclined to return to or perยญseยญvere with an activยญiยญty when they are havยญing fun.

The unique teachยญing proยญgrams delibยญerยญateยญly incorยญpoยญrate fun, colour and interยญacยญtive activยญiยญties, includยญing games. Parยญents and teachยญers who use the proยญgram conยญtinยญuยญalยญly comยญment that chilยญdren ask to do more and more activยญiยญties because they are havยญing so much fun. The chilยญdren are also learnยญing withยญout even realยญizยญing it!

In addiยญtion, the proยญgram designยญers were sure to make the proยญgram enterยญtainยญing while realยญizยญing that chilยญdren can be disยญtractยญed by images and sounds. The careยญful design of the proยญgram elimยญiยญnates distractions.

- Positive reinforcement

As well as offerยญing fun aniยญmaยญtion and charยญacยญters, the proยญgram proยญvides chilยญdren with posยญiยญtive reinforcement.

Chilยญdren are conยญgratยญuยญlatยญed for corยญrect answers; they also accuยญmuยญlate โ€˜pointsโ€™ for sucยญceedยญing in a parยญticยญuยญlar task or modยญule and are even givยญen a โ€˜passยญportโ€™ where they can store and disยญplay their points.

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Posยญiยญtive reinยญforceยญment is hugeยญly benยญeยญfiยญcial to any child, espeยญcialยญly those on the specยญtrum who have preยญviยญousยญly strugยญgled to read.

- Easy to follow

The indiยญvidยญuยญalยญized activยญiยญties are also preยญsentยญed in a way that is easy to underยญstand for children.

This way, the child can comยญplete the proยญgram with minยญiยญmal or no help from parยญents. Lessons are also preยญsentยญed in such a way that parยญents can proยญvide guidยญance if necยญesยญsary, even if the parยญent has no teachยญing experience.

Imporยญtantยญly, chilยญdren donโ€™t need to know how to read to access the proยญgram and comยญplete the tasks. After all, they are using the proยญgram to learn how to read.

- Transferrable

Litยญerยญaยญcy and numerยญaยญcy are core skills for acaยญdยญeยญmยญic and genยญerยญal sucยญcess. They are also the basis of all school subjects.

Litยญerยญaยญcy skills are required for chilยญdren to underยญstand and thrive in any subยญject, and the readยญing outยญcomes achieved by chilยญdren using ASD Readยญing are readยญiยญly and autoยญmatยญiยญcalยญly transยญferred to othยญer subยญjects at school.

This allows the chilยญdren to apply their intelยญliยญgence to othยญer school subยญjects, which improves acaยญdยญeยญmยญic outยญcomes, improves the childโ€™s self-esteem and can improve their social inteยญgraยญtion with their peers.

- Graded

ASD Readยญing proยญgrams are specifยญiยญcalยญly gradยญed. Chilยญdren develยญop masยญtery of one grade before they move on to the next grade, where the chalยญlenges are more difยญfiยญcult and tarยญgetยญed towards more advanced lanยญguage features.

More comยญpliยญcatยญed lanยญguage is introยญduced at each levยญel and builds on the preยญviยญous levยญel, but the activยญiยญties and the forยญmat are the same.

Familยญiarยญiยญty and rouยญtine are vital comยญpoยญnents in the life, and learnยญing, of chilยญdren on the specยญtrum, and familยญiarยญiยญty is delibยญerยญateยญly built into the program.

This means that chilยญdren are conยญcenยญtratยญing on how to masยญter the lanยญguage feaยญture, and not on how to masยญter the proยญceยญdures of the task.

Transportable

ASD Readยญing is transยญportable because it is entireยญly web-based. It does not require any downยญloads, so chilยญdren can access the proยญgram anyยญwhere proยญvidยญed they have a device and an interยญnet conยญnecยญtion. In addiยญtion, the childโ€™s progress is always saved, and they can pick up where they left off, no matยญter where they are or which device they are using.

Study at home

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ASD Readยญing is also highยญly benยญeยญfiยญcial to chilยญdren who are studyยญing at home. This includes chilยญdren who are homeยญschooled, autisยญtic chilยญdren doing tarยญgetยญed pracยญtise for their speยญcifยญic litยญerยญaยญcy needs, or chilยญdren who are forced to study at home for whatยญevยญer reason.

Chilยญdren can comยญplete the tasks at home in their own time with minยญiยญmal superยญviยญsion or instrucยญtion and are givยญen advice and feedยญback from the proยญgram itself.

Last but not least


ASD Readยญing proยญvides many benยญeยญfits to chilยญdren with autism. It incorยญpoยญrates fun, colour, aniยญmaยญtion and interยญacยญtive activยญiยญties, and it is easy to use. It is based on the extenยญsive research and knowlยญedge of Dr. Marยญiยญon Blank, a respectยญed expert in child develยญopยญment and literacy.

A proยญgram is an innoยญvยญaยญtive approach to teachยญing chilยญdren on the specยญtrum. It has proven sucยญcessยญful with many chilยญdren who were not learnยญing to read via traยญdiยญtionยญal school teachยญing methods.

Through the proยญgram, many chilยญdren on the autism specยญtrum, even non-verยญbal chilยญdren, have learned to read and have transยญferred their newยญfound litยญerยญaยญcy skills to othยญer school subยญjects and othยญer areas of life, to the joy of themยญselves and their parยญents. Furยญtherยญmore, ASD Readยญing can be used at home and is benยญeยญfiยญcial to any child who finds themยญselves needยญing to improve their litยญerยญaยญcy at home.

 

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