Family Literacy Network

can start with the language skills of a three year old and systematically build the knowledge and processing skills needed to learn to read. Family Literacy Network owns and continues the activities of the Texas Reading Institute. Texas Reading Institute (founded in 1995)-
Over 15 years of providing comprehensive reading assessment and one-on-one explicit reading therapy, applying (and adding to) the 35-year research program planned and funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Explicit instruction identifies and responds to the specific known obstacles that cause students to struggle with reading. Explicit instruction develops sufficient segmenting, beginning phonics code (sounds represented by one letter), and blending skill, so that students can understand and apply the alphabetic principle. (This is important before the student meets irregular code and “sight words” that confuse many students.)