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 Home Course, Texas, USA |
 Home Course introduction in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia with TTRS agent Margaret Hardy |
Touch-type Read and Spell computer course is a multi-sensory - hearing, speaking, touching - computer aided learning course for students with spelling, reading or writing difficulties. Based on the word lists contained in the text book Alpha to Omega (by Beve Hornsby et al). Quotations from various articles. For the School Based version please check here...
For the order form for a one week free trial of Touch-type Read and Spell Home User - Distance Learning for introductory lesson click here...
IBM compatible - Version 6.52 suitable for PC's using Windows 98, 2000, NT, XP and Vista
- Annual Home User Licence for up to four members of the household
- Rental Fees for new members: £195.00 + VAT @ 17.5% (£34.12) = £229.12 (Any additional support programme arranged with the delivering tutor is added to this fee)
- Licence renewable for second year at a reduced rate, please enquire at time of renewal.
A free introductory lesson may be arranged by contacting one of our tutors. Please call +44 (0) 20 8464 1330 for details. Alternatively, we will send you the course for a one week free home trial, and deliver the introductory lesson by telephone. To pursue the distance learning option:
- Complete and return the order form, enclosing your cheque for £229.12 payable to TTRS
- On receipt of your cheque, our trainer will phone you to set a date for the free lesson delivered by telephone, and we will send you details on how to download the course
- If for any reason you are not fully satisfied with the course after your week's free trial, let us know within the next seven days and we will send you a full refund.
Quotations from various articles
"Observing the fidgety somewhat clumsy, often impulsive learners who tumble into the programme crashing about on the keyboard and jumping up to take breaks (the kinaesthetic learners) is interesting. They are the fiddlers in the classroom whose legs tap at the chair or who doodle on books. Once they understand the programme and 'feel' their way through the first three weeks, calm descends. These tactile learners show impressive touch typing skills and increased concentration. Of all the students, these reap the most rewards both parental admiration and self-esteem. Perhaps sitting still, paying attention, concentrating and achieving are new experiences. Hopefully, achieving in this positive learning environment whilst having control of the situation will be a transferable skill for other learning environments."
Vanessa Charter Update Report for Nottingham Dyslexia Association
"This course gives young offenders a sense of achievement and you can observe improvements in their self-esteem and a shift in their attitude. This is the key to getting them back into education. It will only happen if they feel better about themselves....Another young offender who is extremely resistant to any further education and won't turn up for anything anyone offers him or arranges for him - including interviews for court - does turn up, entirely voluntarily, twice a week for this course. It's the only thing he'll do. It's not part of his order."
James Lewis, Wiltshire Youth Offending Team
"It's been a great success. The children have progressed a lot and it surprises me how much they consistently look forward to their weekly sessions. Everyone says how good the course is! The students and their parents are absolutely delighted with the progress that's been made in just one hour a week."
Ken Conie, - Down's Syndrome Association Journal
"The scheme uses a variety of strategies to break the cycle of failure. By the end of the course, students have improved their spelling, reading, short-term Memory, co-ordination and concentration....They see that they are mastering the computer but what really encourages them is the improvement in their spelling."
Sally McKeown, Times Educational Supplement Oct. 18 1996
"....the results they get after a few sessions using the typing program helps them to lose this 'can't do' attitude."..."to measure the effect of learning keyboard skills...pupils (were) assessed by an educational psychologist the term before the project began and again two terms later. They discovered that not only were the children able to touch type but their reading and spelling had improved. The self-confidence that had manifested itself in the typing class was carried through to other lessons. These results showed us that the benefits were long term...."
Maureen McTaggart Times Educational Supplement September 6 1996
"It seems to me that Touch-type Read and Spell is an excellent teaching/learning tool for use in prisons for students who are non-readers, need to improve their basic skills and/or diagnosed as Dyslexic. The course itself is flexible enough to be integrated with other programmes leading to national qualifications such as Wordpower, Key skills or Social and Life skills Units. The delivery of the course recognises that students learn in a variety of ways and continuous assessment and positive (reinforcement) are integral to their progress."
P Robson - HM Prison Service
If you would like a copy of any of the articles from which these quotations were taken, please let us know.
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