Synthetic Phonics

Phonics Organizations

• International Reading Association - IRA was founded in 1956 as a professional organization of those involved in teaching reading to learners of all ages. Over the years, the focus has expanded to address a broad range of issues in literacy education worldwide. .
  
  
• Reading Reform Foundation - You are entering fascinating territory as these are very exciting times regarding the debate on how best to teach beginning reading in English-speaking countries. Similar investigations into the effectiveness of the teaching of our complex English alphabetic code are being conducted in America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand ... Synthetic Phonics - no initial sight vocabulary where words are learnt as whole shapes; emphasis on letter sounds (not names - learn names in the first instance through, for example, an alphabet song) ...
  
  
• National Right to Read Foundation - The National Right to Read Foundation (NRRF) was established on January 8, 1993. The mission of NRRF is to return comprehensive, scientifically-based reading instruction and good literature to every elementary school in America.
  
  
• National Literacy Trust - an independent charity dedicated to building a literate nation. The importance of literacy has long been recognised: it underpins all educational achievement and is central to economic advance; it helps develop human potential and raises self-esteem ... concerned with raising literacy standards for all age groups throughout the UK.
  
  
• International Dyslexia Association - non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals with dyslexia, their families and the communities that support them. IDA is the oldest learning disabilities organization in the nation -- founded in 1949 in memory of Dr. Samuel T. Orton, a distinguished neurologist. Throughout our rich history, our goal has been to provide the most comprehensive forum for parents, educators, and researchers to share their experiences, methods, and knowledge.
  
  
• British Dyslexia Association - The BDA is the voice of dyslexic people. Our vision is that of a dyslexia friendly society that enables dyslexic people to reach their potential.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Dyslexia Teacher - information and resources for teachers, parents, classroom assistants, etc., to help children who are experiencing difficulties with spelling and reading.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The Simplified Spelling Society - aims to publicize the unnecessary difficulties of English spelling and the benefits that its simplification would bring; to raise awareness of the alphabetic principle, its corruption during the long history of written English, and its more rational application in other languages; to promote research and debate on ways of reforming English spelling, and to prepare a graded set of proposals for relating word-forms more predictably to speech-sounds; etc.
  
  
• Dyslexia Online Magazine - wide range of free articles about dyslexia for parents, teachers and classroom assistants.