Books and Materials of the EDU-Therapeutics Learning System

These books and materials present components of the EDU-Therapeutics system. They are designed to resolve learning challenges with your students of all ages. You can implement the EDU-Therapeutics system with these materials based on brain research over the past forty years.

Joan M. Smith, Ed.D. is a licensed Educational Psychologist and Speech Pathologist in the state of California and a Diplomat, Board of Disability Analysts. She has been the director for Learning Time, Inc. a non-profit California 501 (C)(3) corporation since 1968 and has operated Melvin-Smith Learning Centers (1968-2005) and American Preparatory School (1970-1995). She is presently concentrating on providing consultation, assessment and certification training.

Dr. Smith is the author of "You Don’t Have to Be Dyslexic" and "Learning Victories." During her forty years in research and program development, she has focused on clarifying the attributes which constitute learning challenges and building the skills to increase attribute function. Her present studies are focusing on the interaction of diet and brain function and she has completed her training as a nutritional/therapeutic chef. She has been successful in resolving learning issues concerning memory, attention and executive function skills. With this knowledge, Dr. Smith created the highly successful EDU-Therapeutics certification training program and materials. The materials which are included in the certification program are indicated with a * in the following listings.

Learning Victories* $19.95

In this book, Dr. Smith helps you to:

Understand learning challenges as unique learning style.
Realize why bright people often have issues with learning.
Develop learning attributes to promote effective learning.
Relieve the emotions, fear and shame often associated with different learning styles.
Use the techniques of EDU-Therapeutics in resolving learning inefficiencies.
Celebrate learning success through the personal experiences of adults and children.

You Don't Have to be Dyslexic* $19.95

Dr. Smith has designed this user-friendly book to:

Demystify the area of learning that is emotionally charged for many people
Provide teaching methods for teachers, professionals and parents.
Depict actual case studies, describing various dyslexic learning styles.
Use real-life cases which show excellent examples of how to remediate learning issues.

COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT BATTERY (CAB-Blue)* Available for $100.00, including loading disk, test form, instruction manual and student manual. Tests are available for $10. each with a minimum of 5.

The CAB is a computerized competency assessment which provides a profile of the attributes of a learner. The CAB measures the primary skills required for efficient learning. The skills measured are:

Visual and Auditory Memory (matching, memory and construction)

Time Knowledge and Conceptualization (including sequence of days, months and holidays; the amount of time required for various events.)

Cognitive Skills (vocabulary, quantitative concepts and reasoning skills)

Attention Focus (for heard information and integration of planning for retention of visual information)

Auditory Skills (focusing on rhyming, discrimination and identification of syllables.)

Academic Concepts (for reading, comprehension, spelling and math

The CAB provides the foundation for implementing EDU-Therapeutics by identifying inefficiencies and challenges in competency areas. It is competency based rather than normatively constructed. Therefore, the teacher or professional can move directly from the assessment information to programming with confidence.

RECEPTIVE-EXPRESSIVE OBSERVATION (REO)

Test Manual, reproducible scoring grid and stimulus cards

The REO provides immediate observations and standardized information to assess memory skills. The key channels for learning information in school - seeing and saying, seeing and writing, hearing and repeating and hearing and writing are assessed to identify any inefficiencies in learning. Dr. Joan Smith believes that most of the learning problems experienced by students are founded in inefficient processing of heard or seen information. The REO identifies these issues and establishes baseline information for training and subsequent resolution of learning inefficiencies associated with memory. Price $85.00

THE AUDITORY PHONICS PROGRAM

With reproducible masters amd symbol cards

A phonetic reading program for any age. TAPP develops the sound-symbol skills that are necessary for learning to read and spell. Learners begin working with a few letters and learn to make words early in the program. They gain skills in recognizing the sound to symbol and symbol to sound associations, short vowels, sound blending and spelling. Materials reinforce the learner and provide important reinforcement and rehearsal, while the teacher provides essential instruction from the teaching manual. This program has a history of success for non-reading learners from grades three through adult. Price $69.00

EASING INTO READING PROGRAM

Reproducible Masters, Symbol Cards and Teachers Manual

A reading program to develop sound-symbol understanding for the beginning or frustrated learner. Easing Into Reading has taught thousands of learners to read with ease and success. The program relies on developing the brain-pathways that connect seeing letter symbols and recognizing the sound the symbols represent. Beginning sections in the program limit the symbols the learner is using. It teaches remembering a sound for the symbol, blending sounds and creating words from the sounds. Learners experience success in reading very quickly in the program. This boosts confidence and makes reading a success oriented process! Materials for the learner and teacher, plus letter cards for reinforcing learning. Price $69.00

Additional materials and programs from Learning Time:

*Memory Manual - Manual including reproducible masters for visual or auditory memory (digit span) development. $69.00.

*Memory Trainer Cards - Cards to use for digit span development (3-7 digits) letter combinations cards and random combinations of numerals cards. $56.00

*Flash Word Cards - Simple to difficult word cards on with soft color background, to use with flash technique taught in EDU-Therapeutics training. $49.00.

*Sourcebook (Available only to Certificate Program Participants) - Content for EDU-Therapeutics Certification program and resources. $49.00