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!

We know that finding the right software for an individual with special needs can be a daunting task. That’s why we’re here to help you choose programs that will best suit your needs.

Our Linguistic Hierarchy is designed to help you determine a person’s language functioning stage and select appropriate programs for that stage.

If you have more detailed questions, our company’s founders, Dr. Mary Sweig Wilson and Bernard J. Fox, are both speech-language pathologists who are happy to help you find the right match. You can call us toll-free at 1-800-562-6801 Monday–Friday from 8am-5pm EDT.

And don’t forget we have a 30-day preview policy which lets you to try any software program free of charge before you purchase it. Just call us with your credit card or purchase order number and we’ll send the product but not charge you unless you decide to keep it.

Finally, all of our programs come with a 60-day money-back guarantee. If, for any reason, a product does not meet your needs, you may return it for a prompt refund.

We encourage you to take advantage of all of these opportunities!

All of Laureate’s Sterling Edition programs feature the Sterling Administration System which offers you simplified student management, extensive data collection, and built-in report options.

This innovative management system enables you to:
• Build and maintain student files
• Individualize program settings
• Analyze performance data
• Produce meaningful reports

The Sterling Administration System carefully tracks all variables related to a student’s progress through the curriculum and stores this information in the Student File. The Report Writer has been designed to access this Student File and extract meaningful information to include in Student Reports.

By providing a single interface for using multiple programs with an unlimited number of students, the Sterling Administration System offers you maximum flexibility and control. Laureate’s Sterling Editions make it easier than ever to document student performance and ensure accountability.

To view a short video about the Sterling Administration System, click here.

Laureate’s Linguistic Hierarchy is designed to help you choose appropriate software for your student or child. The hierarchy is a useful guide which describes seven distinct stages of language development that take place before a typically developing child reaches age 5. It also outlines educational goals for each stage and provides a list of our software programs that match these goals. Many of you have found our Linguistic Hierarchy extremely useful and have relied on it as a road map for your students.

The Linguistic Hierarchy includes an easy to use Language Stage checklist. All you need to do is answer a few basic questions to determine the stage of language development of the child you have in mind. If you haven’t already done so, you should take a look at it - it’s really is easy to use.

To get a pdf version of Laureate’s Linguistic Hierarchy, click here.

Laureate’s Sterling Edition programs feature Optimized Intervention technology to maximize language development. Optimized Intervention uses artificial intelligence methods to automatically determine a student’s level of knowledge and how much instructional support is needed to make progress. Programs begin with an assessment to establish the appropriate place to start training. As training continues, Optimized Intervention monitors the student’s performance and makes decisions about the best way to present the instructional material.

Optimized Intervention® technology…
• automatically adjusts intervention to match each student’s needs
• collects extensive data for documenting student performance
• maximizes the available learning time and guarantees progress

To see for yourself how Optimized Intervention makes training faster and more effective, ask for our Free CD demo.

To view a short video on Optimized Intervention, click here.

Laureate was founded by two pioneering speech-language pathologists, Dr. Mary Sweig Wilson and Bernard J. Fox, who were among the first to recognize the important contributions that computer technology could make to the lives of persons with disabilities.

In 1980, Wilson and Fox completed research which demonstrated that microcomputer-based programs could provide a cost-efficient delivery system for effective individualized language intervention. The scientific exhibit of their software and research at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention won First Award for Excellence of Presentation and Second Award for Scientific Merit.

Two years later, they founded Laureate Learning Systems, and began to realize their common dream of expanding the use of technology to assist people with disabilities. All Laureate software is based on current theory and research. The programs incorporate treatment strategies that have been documented in research as effective in teaching new concepts.

Over the years, Dr. Wilson and Mr. Fox have worked with many renowned expert consultants to develop programs that provide effective well-designed intervention. For over ten years, psycholinguist Jill de Villiers, Smith College, and linguist Tom Roeper, University of Massachusetts, have served as consultants on a series of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop Laureate’s new Sterling Edition programs. More recently they have been joined by Peter de Villiers, Smith College, and Helen Tager-Flusberg, Boston University.

The Laureate team and its consultants are currently working on a Phase II SBIR grant entitled “Theory of Mind Software for Autism and Other Communication Disorders” from the NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).

To learn more about the research bases behind our new Sterling Editions, please read our monograph, Laureate’s Language Development Programs: Theory and Research.

1. All of our programs are research-based and designed by experts who understand the unique needs of individuals with disabilities. Over the past ten years numerous Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant awards from the National Institutes of Health have supported our software development and testing.

2. We use proven instructional procedures to train vocabulary, syntax, cognitive concepts, auditory processing, and reading. Our programs offer instruction, cuing, and informative feedback to provide a consistent, supportive, and effective learning environment.

3. Our programs use clear, simple graphics and offer entertaining instructional reinforcement animations for correct answers to keep students engaged and make learning fun! When students make errors, they always receive positive informational feedback.

4. Our programs are accessible with a touch screen, single switch, mouse, or keyboard. And they have built-in scanning. There are also many ways to customize our programs to accommodate a wide variety of learning styles.

5. Our software collects extensive data and automatically produces comprehensive reports. At the end of each lesson, a summary of student performance can be reviewed, allowing you to quickly assess a student’s progress and ensure accountability.