Program Description

"NOW! Foundations for Speech, Language, Reading and Spelling® is an evidence-based, scientifically proven dyslexia reading program that can improve phonological awareness, language and literacy skills, strengthen phonetic spelling and all together these stronger skills are the best way to increase self-esteem, and enhance classroom learning."

Cost

Pricing ranges from 30 to 75 dollars per session per student.

Intended Population

• Dyslexia

Grade

• Pre-K
• Elementary School
• Middle School
• High School

Intended Group Size

• Individual
• Small group

ELL/DLL

• Unspecified

Multisensory Applications

• Yes

Computer-Based Delivery

• Full

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Skill Specific

Placement Tests

• Yes

Accelerated Learning

• Unspecified

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Yes

Error Correction Built In

• Yes

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• No

Research Summary

This program was previously called NOW! For Reading and Spelling and the Phonological Awareness Plus Synthetic Phonics (PASP) Program. Results demonstrated mixed effects for this program. Children improved their word level reading skills but reading comprehension skills were comparable between treatment and control groups.

Study Citations

Bowden, F.(2022). The Effects of the Online Remediation of Phonological Processing Deficits on Functional Reading Abilities in Students With Dyslexia. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/6634

What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Report

• No studies met WWC inclusion criteria

Evidence Base (ESSA)

• No studies met inclusion requirements

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Insufficient evidence