ELR Software produces computer programs designed by speech pathologists for speech, language & literacy intervention. Our programs may be used interactively within therapy sessions, to increase efficiency in service delivery, and to improve access to the Internet for people with special needs. We are also available as consultants to clinicians and research projects in the fields of literacy and accessibility issues associated with the Internet.
The aim of this newsletter is to inform you of developments and changes to our major products eLr (Extra Language Resources) and Word Meanings. We welcome the opportunity for feedback and questions, and will be pleased to consider including reader contributions and announcements.
This Newsletter (and previous editions) as well as a "print-ready" PDF version of the current edition is available online at www.elr.com.au/news. An email version is also sent monthly to members of our mailing list (See Subscribing/Unsubscribing).
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This month we've added 2 new levels with 10 tasks in the "Progress monitoring" nonword reading tool we introduced recently. This tool is to provide a quick and simple assessment/review of SSP phonics skills and uses only nonwords because the aim is monitor progress of letter-sound knowledge and decoding accuracy. You can find it in "Reading & Spelling - Early Skills" in the subsection "Systematic synthetic phonics - Common spelling of the main sounds" which is now completed, and in future we'll be working on adding similar such assessment tasks for the "Alternative spellings" subsection.
The nonwords selected for these SSP "Progress monitoring" tasks are drawn from the ARC Nonword Database https://www.elr.com.au/links/CVFJB, and are "legal" nonwords; that is the spelling patterns are consistent with the English orthography (for example, "ck" never appears at the start of a word). There are now monitoring tasks for all the common graphemes: "s, a, t, p, i, n", "c|k|ck, e, h, r, m, d'", "g, o, u, l, f, b", "ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or", "z, w, ng, v, oo(room)", "y, x, sh, ch, th", and "qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar".
All these new tasks use the model SingleWord Slideshow which is a simple activity for displaying/reading a single word at a time. Each item (word or nonword) appears on the screen and the client attempts to decode and read it. To move between words, click the [Forward] or [Back] buttons. The clinician/helper provides appropriate verbal response and records results as necessary. We have placed response forms, and printable sets of the stimulus words, to facilitate delivery of these assessments at www.elr.com.au/links/NLBHY
We welcome your feedback about these tasks and any aspect of eLr, as well as your suggestions about additions and modifications to eLr.
As an occasional feature of this Newsletter, we include simple, unpaid announcements of products developed by other small, independent developers, who, like ourselves, are practising clinicians who have put their ideas and experience into resource materials for general distribution. Links and brief information about these sites may be found at www.elr.com.au/links/developers.htm. To date we have listed -
If you would like your materials listed on this page (at no charge), please contact us.
ELR has a number of free or evaluation files available for downloading directly from our website. Please see www.elr.com.au/downloads.htm for specific details. For other supporting materials and documents available for free download, please see www.elr.com.au/support.htm.
- Speech Pathology Australia 2023 National Conference:
Sunday 21st - Wednesday 24th
We will be sharing trade stands 11 & 12 with Coviu (www.coviu.com), a Sydney based company which has a particular interest in teletherapy in the healthcare environment. Contact us for further details.
ELR Software offers free eLr tutorials over the web. We can provide this sort of support to individuals, or to groups who would like to have an overview of eLr. We are also offering free Coviu sessions to allow clinicians to get a feel for teletherapy, and in particular the advantages of using eLr for Coviu. Please contact us for details.
For a current listing and to register for one of our available, scheduled webinars, please see www.elr.com.au/support/events.htm
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