Program Description

"Foundation in Soundsâ„¢ is designed for parents, tutors, teachers, and other professionals who want to use the Barton Reading & Spelling System, but their students could not pass Part C of the Barton Screening. Foundation in Soundsâ„¢ is an easy-to-use program for students of all ages that will improve a student's auditory discrimination, auditory memory size, and auditory sequencing skills. When a student has finished all 12 lessons in Foundation in Soundsâ„¢, the student will be able to pass Part C of the Barton Student Screening."

Cost

Kits cost $375.00. One kit includes a tutor manual, two student handbooks, online training, two student tracking sheets, in addition to all of the materials necessary to implement the program.  Student packets are also available for sale, which contain five student handbooks and five tracking sheets.

Intended Population

• Intensified intervention
• Dyslexia

Grade

• Unspecified

Intended Group Size

• Individual

ELL/DLL

• Unspecified

Multisensory Applications

• Yes

Computer-Based Delivery

• None

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Skill Specific

Placement Tests

• No

Accelerated Learning

• No

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Unspecified

Error Correction Built In

• Unspecified

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Unspecified

Research Summary

No peer-reviewed research on the Foundation in Sounds program was found. Therefore, there is insufficient evidence to support the efficacy of this program at this time.