Case Studies
Case Study: Shy 8 year old with low confidence now reads before bed
Just wanted to say a big thank you. A friend had suggested your programme when our son was 6 and at that time we decided against it. We struggled for two years with no reading gains even though he was doing Reading Recovery at school. So in April 2016 at age 8 we bit...
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Case Study: Daughter of teacher sees breakthrough!
Prior to stumbling across Easyread we had tried many avenues to help Erin with her reading. Whilst she was not a complete non-reader she was definitely a couple of years behind and losing confidence as time went on. As a former primary school teacher in Australia, I...
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Case Study: Attention issues can’t hold Ian back!
Before Easyread || When I realized Ian was not progressing in reading, I knew to contact Easyread because his sister completed the program two years ago. Both he and his sister have attention issues, so Easyread’s short daily lessons are perfect for their attention...
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Case Study: From stressed-out struggling decoder to Roald Dahl book lover
Sapphi was struggling at school because she just didn't get on with the traditional method of teaching phonics at all. From a struggling 5 year-old who took great pains to sound out every word on a page, only to forget the word on the next page, to reading (and...
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Case study: From letter reversals and slipping reading age, to curling up with a book
Before the Easyread programme, Sean was a kid who loved books, was on grade level for reading, and very strong on reading comprehension. However, reading and spelling didn’t come easy. Sean’s mum wanted him to enjoy being curled up with a book, and not be at a...
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Case study: Easyread taught Sophie to read and to enjoy the process of reading
Sophie joined Easyread as a seven year-old, resistant to reading and with significant troubles in remembering spellings once the weekly school spelling test was done and dusted. As a result, she was becoming increasingly resistant to reading. Now, a year later, Sophie...
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Case Study: James says goodbye to tears at reading time
Before joining Easyread, James had tried other phonics programmes like Hooked on Phonics. However, his mother was finding that he was still guessing at words. Guessing seemed to work for James sometimes, but at other times when the words would reappear, it would seem...
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Case study: Mark’s journey from phonics troubles to Gangsta Granny fan
Mark enrolled on the Easyread programme at the age of 11. A difficulty in understanding phonics meant that both his reading and spelling were affected. Mark would often miss words out and replace them with substitute words. For example, “in” or “the” would often...
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Case Study: Daily reading battles and family dyslexia
Before Easyread, Sam did not like reading at all. The school readers were a daily battle with tears and frustration – and Sam was in the lowest reader in his class at age 5. Sam's dad and extended family members all have dyslexia, so his mother was ready to intervene...
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Case Study: 6 year old with a pre-K reading age
1. What was reading like for Cameron before Easyread? Main concerns/reading age level/frustrations etc? Cameron is a happy, outgoing, passionate child who showed no signs of interest in listening to books, reading books, trying to figure out sounds, or caring too much...
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Case Study: 19-year-old autistic non reader…
Before Easyread Liam was diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and learning difficulties at 4 years old. He was in a special education setting for years until he left school at age 18 without being able to read anything except his own name. His mother tried many...
read moreCase Study: Struggling with easy words and similar sounds
Before Easyread: Daisy's mother became concerned about her daughter's reading towards the end of Reception. But since she was so young for her year group, the teachers reassured her there was no reason to worry. However, Daisy failed to progress much in Year 1 as...
read moreCase Study: Guessing, Poor Handwriting, Tears
Before Easyread, Lydia's struggles began early. Teachers noticed her reading difficulty right from the start in kindergarten (age 5). Her mother noticed that all of her peers were already reading, but Lydia just couldn't grasp it. With a lot of effort she could sound...
read moreJames’ Easyread Journey
We started 7 months ago when he had been static at school for a good 3 months with teacher - not the sharpest knife in the drawer - mystified as to the reason. Equally so was I. Within a week of starting Easyread it became incredibly obvious that this system would...
read moreCase Study: Low confidence, guessing, and inconsistency…
Before Easyread, getting Harry to read anything was a real battle. He would skip words, use the pictures in books for clues, and stumble over even the simplest words. On one day he would read quite well, but on another he would be awful. His spelling was atrocious...
read moreCase Study: Highly verbal but dyslexic…
Before Easyread Before Easyread, Bas struggled. His parents worked hard trying to help him revise the basics, but nothing stuck. Reading became an ordeal for the whole family, and Bas was feeling worse and worse about himself. As the child of both a university...
read moreCase Study: Tummy aches, stress, reading difficulty
Before Easyread: When he started Easyread at age 7, Louie’s confidence in his reading was very low. This was starting to have a knock-on effect with all his subjects at school. He is a very bright boy with an inquiring mind who works very hard, so it was hard to see...
read moreCase Study: Off-the-Charts Clever with Asperger's and Irlen Syndrome
Before Easyread From an early age Craig always loved having someone read stories to him, but when he started school he loathed reading and writing and homework was a battleground. It would have been easy to label him as "clever but lazy": he had an incredibly high...
read moreCase study: Anger, Failure, Reading Refusal
Will used to hate books and refuse to read. Once he started struggling in school, he turned from a happy chappy into an angry school-hater. One year in to his education, everything changed... BEFORE: Before Easyread, Will was at least a year behind his peers in...
read moreCase Study: 58-year-old with traumatic brain injury
The Problem 58 year old Paul was in a serious motorcycle accident several years ago that left him with whiplash and various physical and cognitive injuries. He lost the ability to read along with other executive functions. Reading was particularly problematic, as he...
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