Earobics for Adolescents and Adults Home Edition
Based on 20 years of literacy research, Earobics is the leading solution for providing explicit, comprehensive early literacy skill training. It systematically teaches the critical phonological awareness, listening and introductory phonics skills required for learning to read and spell. With entertaining characters and encouraging feedback that kids love!
*Appropriate for older students struggling with reading, spelling, and comprehension. Includes six interactive programs with over 300 levels of multimedia instruction. Beginning level for ages 10 and older.
Teaches critical phonological awareness, auditory processing and phonics skills to older students who are struggling with reading, spelling and comprehension. Beginning, intermediate and advanced starting levels; adaptive training; tracks progress; sophisticated graphics for older users.
Accommodates 2 users and a guest (Note: Player names cannot be deleted).
Earobics Home Version - Step 1
- The award-winning Earobics software is the leading solution for providing explicit, comprehensive phonological awareness and auditory processing training for the prevention and remediation of reading and other language-based disabilities.
- More than 20 years of research have established that accurate and fluent decoding requires the ability to segment words and syllables into phonemes. This ability to identify and manipulate the individual sounds of language is called phonological awareness.
- And researchers have concluded that it is the best predictor of success in reading. They have also shown that phonological awareness can be developed, through carefully planned and explicit instruction.
- While such instruction is beneficial for all learners, it is critical for those at risk for reading disabilities and those learning English as a second language.
Designed for you
- Earobics is designed to give you an efficient way to provide individualized, explicit instruction that meets the needs of a varied caseload.
- Earobics is convenient to install and use, with automatic goal writing in IEP format and performance charting.
- It uses sophisticated computer training techniques, including adaptive training, acoustic enhancement of the speech signal and systematic control of key learning variables.
- Its adaptive training technology automatically adjusts game play to the skill level and progress of each student.
- Earobics also systematically controls the amount of visual cueing and auditory feedback, the rate at which sounds are presented, the length of sound units and the amount of background noise competing for the student's attention.
- The software carefully guides students through learning, giving them more help when they need it and fading cues as their skills develop.
Management tools
- Earobics features easy-to-use management tools that give you control of the learning process. Using the Dataview and Preferences screens, you can:
- Customize each game to the unique needs of each student.
- Limit play to the games that target the student's deficit skills.
- Choose the starting levels of difficulty within each game.
- Determine when skill training should be repeated or skipped.
- Customize auditory repetition and other features.
- Automatically generate IEP-formatted goals for each activity.
- Automatically collect performance data for each student.
- Print each student's progress reports by date or range of dates.
- Use the password option to protect the confidentiality and reliability of data records, while allowing students to work with minimal supervision.
- Remove and add names to the player list, allowing you to extend use of the software's 'seats' over time.
Earobics Step 1 is designed for developmental ages 4-7 and features six interactive games with over 300 levels of play.
It systematically teaches the critical phonological awareness, auditory processing and introductory phonics skills required for learning to read and spell.
The games also develop general cognitive skills that support learning, such as attention and memory.
It teaches your child how to:
- Focus on spoken sounds over extended periods of time and with background noise.
- Determine whether two or more sounds are the same or different.
- Remember sounds and words in sequential order.
- Detect the silent intervals between sounds.
- Recognize a sequence of sounds.
- Blend sounds into syllables and syllables into words.
- Recognize rhyming sound patterns in words.
- Identify the position of a target sound in a word.
- Associate a sound with a letter or group of letters.
- Understand the meanings of words.
- Follow spoken directions.
Earobics Versions:
- The Home version of Earobics is intended for home use only. Only 2 players and a guest can be registered into the program, and they cannot ever be changed or removed. If you plan on using Earobics with more than two players, order the Specialist/Clinician version.
Note: The Specialist/Clinician version Steps 1 & 2 are available separately for Mac OS X
The Specialist/Clinician version allows tracking of 12 players and one guest at a time. Players can be erased and changed as needed with this version.
Windows System Requirements:
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows ME or Windows XP
133Mhz Pentium Processor or above
32 MB RAM
16 MB available RAM (32 MB available recommended)
256 color display (16 bit color recommended)
4x CD-ROM drive
10 MB available hard disk space
Soundblaster - compatible 16-bit sound card and speakers
Macintosh System Requirements:
Macintosh 603e Power Macintosh (604 Power Macintosh or above recommended)
System 7.6.1 or higher
32 MB RAM
16 MB available RAM (32 MB available RAM recommended)
256 color display (thousands of colors recommended)
4x CD-ROM drive
10 MB available hard disk space
Note: Intel-based Macs are not compatible with Earobics
*Quality headphones are recommended, but not required.
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