From January 27-30, Laureate will be exhibiting at the ATIA Conference in Orlando. Please stop by Booth #509 to try our new Sterling Editions of My House, My Town, and My School. You can also pick up a free Syntax Tests CD and get a preview of our new QuestionQuest series.
Plus, don’t miss these presentations by Laureate’s President, Dr. Mary Wilson:
Theory & Research-Based Approaches to Developing Question Comprehension & Use
Thursday, January 28 - 9:15-10:15am - Curacao 2
Using Laureate’s Free Syntax Assessment CD to Test Sentence Comprehension and Decide on Intervention Needs
Friday, January 29 - 11-11:30am - Caribbean III - AT Education Theater
Train Functional Language with the New Language Activities of Daily Living Series
Friday, January 29 - 1:30-2:30pm - Bonaire 3/4
We hope to see you in Orlando!
From November 18-21, we’ll be exhibiting at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) in New Orleans. If you’re attending this show, we hope you’ll take advantage of these exciting opportunities.
Come to Booth #606 where we’ll be giving 20-minute software demonstrations in our hands-on computer lab. You can explore our latest software, including the new Sterling Editions of My House, My Town, and My School. Plus, enter to win a Laureate program at each session!
* Ask for a demonstration of LanguageLinks, our innovative, 6-level syntax assessment and intervention series. You can purchase LanguageLinks: Level 1 for half price (only $97.50!) through the end of December.
* Get a preview of our new Understanding Questions series coming soon! Dr. Mary Sweig Wilson will be doing a presentation on these new programs called, “Teaching Question Comprehension & Use: Theory & Research-Based Approaches” on Saturday, November 21 from 1:00-2:00pm.
If you’re in New Orleans, we hope to see you!
These are exciting times for special education! With the infusion of stimulus money, school districts have a unique opportunity to decide how best to invest these funds. You will need to carefully consider how to get the most from your spending. Plus, you don’t want to commit to ongoing expenses that will obligate you past 2011. That’s why we hope you will consider purchasing Laureate software which will have both immediate and long-term benefits for your students.
Click here to learn about our Special Package pricing!
Consider a Network License!
With Laureate’s Network Licenses, you can expand your services to more students, have greater flexibility, and get the best savings!
Think of the convenience!
- Track data for an unlimited number of students
- Up to 35 simultaneous users per program
- No CDs necessary - students can work on any computer on the network!
- One-time purchase - no annual renewal or additional fees!
This comprehensive software package is designed to help students with language impairments and English language learners master syntax and become better communicators. These programs take students from the late one-word and early two-word stage through mastery of a broad range of syntactic forms necessary for sentence understanding and production. Students will learn subject-verb-object word order, essential grammatical forms and structures, spatial prepositions, and the narrative use of 1st and 2nd person pronouns.
Deliver Individualized RTI Instruction… Every Day!
Laureate’s Syntax Package can also help you get to the source of your students’ reading comprehension problems. These programs are ideal for addressing the needs of kindergarten and 1st grade students at risk of reading failure in schools using the Response to Intervention (RTI) model of service delivery. By adding a syntax component to your RTI efforts, you’ll help your students master the sentence forms and structures necessary for the development of communication competence and reading comprehension.
For more information, click here.
If you’re attending one of the following conferences, we hope you’ll drop by the Laureate booth and pick up a copy of our new Fall catalog, our FREE CD Demo, and our Syntax Tests CD! We’ll also be demonstrating our new Sterling Edition programs, including My House, My Town and My School. Plus, don’t miss the presentations by Laureate’s President Dr. Mary Sweig Wilson.
Closing the Gap
Minneapolis, Minnesota
October 14-17
Division for Early Childhood (DEC)
Albuquerque, New Mexico,
October 15-18
Dr. Wilson’s Poster Session:
Early Vocabulary and Communication Approaches for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
October 17, 7:45-8:45am
Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA)
Chicago, Illinois
October 28-31
Dr. Wilson’s Presentations:
New Language Activities of Daily Living Trains Functional Language
October 29, 8:00-9:00am
Using Laureate’s Free Syntax Assessment CD to Test Sentence Comprehension
October 31, 8:00-9:00am
American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
New Orleans, Louisiana
November 19-21
Dr. Wilson’s Presentation:
Teaching Question Comprehension & Use: Theory & Research-Based Approaches
November 21, 1:00-2:00pm
These new versions of My House, My Town, and My School help children and adults with severe communication impairments understand and express the language they encounter in their daily routines. These programs build functional vocabulary and increase independence in the home, community and school!
Each program offers 6 captivating scenes and trains over 130 common objects and their functions. You can train all of the objects in a particular setting or remove items from a scene to reduce the number being trained at one time and simplify the visual display. With engaging graphics and maximum flexibility, this series can be an essential tool in helping individuals achieve greater independence.
The new Sterling Editions offer these improvements:
• New 3-D graphics provide realistic contexts
• New vocabulary items and activities expand instructional opportunities
• An Optimized Intervention® system automatically delivers the curriculum
• The Sterling Administration System provides management tools, built-in reports, and ensures accountability
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Over the past year, Laureate has been distributing a new Syntax Tests CD free of charge. We designed this CD as a convenient and engaging means to assess an individual’s understanding of 33 grammatical forms essential to sentence comprehension and production.
Now we’re offering a FREE WEBINAR on how to use the Syntax Tests CD for language assessments, AT and AAC evaluations, as well as pre-school and kindergarten screenings. Just gather 5 or more speech-language pathologists or special educators in one location and you can set up a free one-hour webinar with Laureate’s President Dr. Mary Sweig Wilson (CCC-SLP).
All participants will receive Laureate’s free syntax assessment CD prior to the webinar and Dr. Wilson will be available to answer questions during the session.
Call 1-800-562-6801 to set up your free webinar or click here for more details.
Even though it’s school vacation, this is an ideal time to have your child spend a few minutes a day on the computer to make sure he or she continues to make progress over the summer. Laureate programs are perfect for use at home because they provide individualized instruction and can be used independently.
What’s so special about Laureate programs that allows them to be used independently?
1. A clear, friendly voice guides the learner through each activity. Once you set up the program, the child can work without adult assistance. No reading is required, although our programs do have a text option for beginning readers.
2. All of our programs are accessible through a variety of interfaces, including a touch screen, single switch, mouse, and keyboard. We’ve found the touch screen to be the most intuitive device for many users, but we also offer many ways to customize the programs for people with physical challenges.
3. Entertaining animations reinforce correct answers and keep students focused and engaged in the learning process. When learners make errors, our programs provide positive instructional feedback.
Try home use of our research-based programs and you’ll be pleased with the results…and don’t forget parents get 50% off all Laureate software!
Summer is here and now’s a great time to take advantage of our Special Family Savings policy! Did you know that parents and families can save 50% on any Laureate software program?
If your child or family member is having difficulty learning language, following directions, or mastering reading, visit our Family website to see the wide range of programs we offer to build critical language, cognitive, and reading skills.
If your child or family member has been using Laureate software in school and you’d like to ensure continued progress over the summer, you can purchase the same program at a 50% discount for use at home.
Our programs are designed to be used independently, so your child can benefit from individualized intervention right in your own home!
Our new Fall 2009 catalog is now in the mail! If you’re not on our mailing list and would like to receive one, please call us at 800-562-6801 or click 
English Language Learners Package
You’ll also find a variety of new hardware options: