ELSB is a language-rich literacy curriculum for children ages 5 to 10 with moderate to severe developmental disabilties, including autism.

The Early Learning Skills Builder program incorporates systematic instruction to teach both print and phonemic awareness. ELSB is a multi-year program with seven distinct levels and ongoing assessments so students progress at their own pace.

Research
Dr. Diane Browder, principal author, directed an analysis of 128 studies on teaching reading to students with cognitive disabilities, which indicated the effectiveness of using systematic instruction techniques to teach sight words. ELSB research is through Project RAISE and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Two years of the ongoing five year research project are completed. Sixty students from the Charlotte Mecklenburg School System with moderate to severe disabilities receive daily instruction in the ELSB curricula. These students are being compared with a control group using a sight-word only approach. ELSB students have earned significantly higher scores on the pre/post test for the ELSB curriculum as well as the Nonverbal Literacy Assessment and receptive language measures.

Components

• Implementation Guide
• 6 Teacher’s Manuals
• 6 Student Material Books
• 6 Student Assessment Books
• Moe the Frog Puppet
• All About Moe Stories
• Communication Overlays
• DVD for staff training
• CDs with printable PDFs and other reproducible resources
• Sight Word Flashcards
• Magnetic Board with Stars
• 2 Storage Boxes

CLICK HERE to view our press release announcing the official endorsement of ELSB by CASE, the Council of Administrators of Special Education.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, including a detailed product description, PDF documents, videos of ELSB in action, and testimonials, CLICK HERE to view the FEATURED PRODUCT page.

Item No. EL-S10 Early Literacy Skills Builder

See also the Early Literacy Communication Package— a GoTalk 4+ and the Early Literacy Communication Overlays book featuring 50 tear out pages of overlays to compliment the ELSB program.