Stevenson Program

My now 9 year old son’s school used this as their primary program until this year. It did not work for him. I really do not think it is suitable for a child with severe problems. It really isn’t very multisensory. Plus, it teaches long vowels first which is not the way standard reading texts progress so the child can’t read anything but the “nonsense” stuff in Stevenson. My child hated the Stevenson reading text because it didn’t make any sense. He is a very concrete child who didn’t like Dr. Suess either. It uses memnomics (sp?) like layer cake to teach patterns and for my child with memory deficits it was only one more thing to remember.

I have heard it is a good supplementary approach for kids that are strong visually but it was a complete failure for him.

I would try Reading Reflex as parent first or find a tutor trained in LIPS or another multisensory technique.

Beth