Is there a program a parent can do at home or a computer program you recommend for a middle schooler who has had (in spades) all of the direct 1:1 interventions and now just needs to gradually improve spelling?
Equipped For Reading Success is a comprehensive step-by-step program that bolsters phonemic awareness and fluent word recognition in order to promote orthographic mapping.
Aimed at students in secondary school, DocsPlus is a resource that gives support to students so they can independently learn and understand course curriculum.
Touch-type Read and Spell (TTRS) is a training program for anyone with difficulties with reading, writing, or spelling. Its highly-structured program is aimed at dyslexic individuals, with positive reinforcement aspects to increase confidence and self-motivation.
For dyslexics and those who struggle with words, Vocabulary.com is a very useful tool to master vocabulary.
I am a fifth and sixth grade reading specialist. I have worked with a student using the Wilson program completing ten of twelve books. This student came into fifth grade a non-reader and left after sixth grade reading quite well. He has just completed seventh grade, and when I inquired about how he was doing his resource teacher had said she started the program over because he was having difficulty spelling. Are there programs for students like this child who have completed a multi-sensory phonics program but still struggle to transfer spelling skills to everyday writing?
When looking at kindergarten spelling performance, what is the best predictor of second grade spelling performance? See the results of a study that looked at this and what it might mean for how spelling is taught.
American Wordspeller is an application for iPhone and iPad that assists users in their spelling of hard, and often unphonetically intuitive, words.
Grammarly is an online grammar checking website that can scan essays, articles, and other documents to find mistakes in the text.
Arnold Reading Magic is an application for the iPad that combines reading and spelling learning with the success of flashcard studying.