MindPlay Comprehensive Reading Course

A highly concentrated, self-paced professional development program designed to increase teacher knowledge in the Science of Reading.

Become the Expert Your Struggling Readers Need

Grounded in Structured Literacy principles and backed by decades of grant-funded research, the MindPlay Comprehensive Reading Course for Educators teaches you exactly how our language works—and exactly how to teach it.

The Science of Addressing the Third-Grade Crisis

Teaching reading is rocket science. Currently, 74% of children who fail to read proficiently by third grade remain behind throughout their school careers. To prevent reading failure and help students transition from speech to print, struggling children require the most expert teachers. This course provides the robust, evidence-based training needed to become that expert.

Stop the Crisis. Intervene Strategically.

Whether you are building a foundational Tier 1 program or delivering targeted Tier 3 interventions, this comprehensive course gives you the exact diagnostic strategies you need to change student outcomes forever.

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Built for the "Linguistic Technicians" of Education

While general classroom teachers will greatly benefit from this deep dive into reading science, this course is uniquely designed for the specialists who need to know exactly how our language works. It provides the granular, hands-on instructional routines required for targeted intervention.

Special Education Teachers

By focusing on the fundamentals of the Orton-Gillingham framework, you will master the step-by-step scripts and tactile routines specifically designed to reach students with learning disabilities who need rigor and structure that extends beyond Tier 1 instruction.

Reading Specialists & Interventionists

Deepen your expertise and advanced diagnostic knowledge in how reading develops. You will master Dr. Ehri’s phases of sight word reading and the five stages of spelling development, allowing you to pinpoint specific skill gaps and use diagnostic teaching to immediately adjust instruction for your struggling readers.

General Education Teachers

Prevent reading failure before it starts. You will master the "Big Five" pillars of reading—plus grammar—and learn exactly how our language works so you can confidently deliver explicit, evidence-based literacy instruction to your entire classroom.

Hear what everyone is saying

"The content of the MindPlay course is comprehensible and essential knowledge for every teacher who teaches reading to children with and without learning differences. The structure of the course lends itself to both pre-service teachers with limited knowledge and experience teaching reading, and to in-service teachers who need more in-depth knowledge, as they learn to teach reading to students with dyslexia and other learning challenges. By using this course as part of my teacher education coursework, I am confident my students will have the skills they need to be effective reading teachers for all students."

Annmarie Urso, Ph.D., State University of New York at Geneseo

"The content of the MindPlay course is comprehensible and essential knowledge for every teacher who teaches reading to children with and without learning differences. ... By using this course as part of my teacher education coursework, I am confident my students will have the skills they need to be effective reading teachers for all students."

Alexis Graham, State University of New York at Geneseo, Certified Childhood and Childhood Special Education Teacher, Graduate Student in Literacy Master’s Degree Program

Having just completed an extensive review of the full 30 hours, I fully endorse The MindPlay Comprehensive Reading Course for Educators, which should be part of all teacher preparation programs focused on elementary or special education. I spent 19 years as principal in four Vermont school districts, encompassing all grade levels PreK-12. I lived through and refereed some local battles during the reading wars. This course cuts out the emotional predispositions of philosophy and focuses on what has been proven to work. I have already strongly recommended the course to my younger daughter, an elementary/special education “High Quality Teacher” and have further suggested she encourage her colleagues to take it.

Ed Wilkins, Retired Principal

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You already have the dedication; now get the specific, hands-on instructional strategies.

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