Patent Document ID: 20070048699
Application ID: 11511473
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of teaching reading skills to a student utilizing a computer based training program on a computer, the computer having, means to implement the training program, a monitor screen to present visual instructions, means to provide auditory instructions, and interactive means to allow the student to respond to visual and auditory instructions, the method comprising: conducting a comprehension assessment to determine a student's reading ability; creating an individualized training program based on the comprehension assessment; implementing a selected series of training streams on the computer, the series of training streams including: a series of phonemic awareness exercises; a series of reading subskill exercises, said subskill exercises including at least a visual matching of a combination of letters having at least one vowel and at least one consonant; and a series of reading comprehension exercises; and continually monitoring the student's progress whereby intervention in the training program is automatically introduced to improve skill mastery.