Phono-Graphix® for Teachers

The Phono-Graphix method gives key reading instruction and intervention for every child, with proven results.

As a blueprint for literacy instruction and how children learn best, Phono-Graphix is remarkably flexible, allowing teachers to address the full range of students in any number of educational environments. As a clinical intervention, Phono-Graphix has been proven to effect cognitive changes in the brain and is 98% effective at helping children ages 6-16 to reach grade level reading, including those diagnosed with learning disabilities. From very young students first learning to read, to stumbling or failing students who are frustrated and hopeless, Phono-Graphix gives teachers the tools for quickly diagnosing students’ needs. It efficiently addresses the essential reading skills of decoding, encoding, auditory processing, code knowledge, and sequencing, through whole class or small group instruction or one-on-one sessions.

Give your young students the foundation they need to acheive true literacy and avoid reading problems in their later years

Phono-Graphix is used for initial reading instruction for preschool through elementary students, covering the most basic sound-symbol correspondences through managing multisyllable words and special endings. As the ‘Word Work’ component of literacy instruction, it is used with any literature in the curriculum. Commonly, this instruction involves 10-15 minute lessons for the whole class, followed by individual seat work or work stations. As instruction for new and emerging readers, Phono-Graphix has been proven to head off the need for later reading interventions (Dias & Juniper, 2002).

Identify at-risk students and diagnose reading problems for rapid remediation

Phono-Graphix addresses the needs of elementary-age students through adults. Diagnostic tools make it possible to pin-point stumbling blocks and focus time on only the instruction needed, so students see immediate progress and remediation time is cut down drastically. Commonly, interventions are in weekly or biweekly small group or one-on-one hour-long sessions, with average time for remediation of only 12 weeks! As a clinical intervention, Phono-Graphix has been proven to effect cognitive changes in the brain (Simos, 2002, Simos, 2007) and is 98% effective at helping children ages 6-16, including those diagnosed with learning disabilities, to reach grade level reading (McGuinness, C., McGuinness, D., & McGuinness, G., 1996).

Give the most challenged students the instruction they need and deserve

  • Phono-Graphix is used with amazing results for students with moderate or even severe challenges
  • Accurate treatment of the phonetic code allows the least amount of information necessary to be learned/memorized
  • Procedural and errorless instruction takes away the need for explanations that students may struggle to understand
  • Phono-Graphix has been shown to help special education students close the gap with their peers (Endress, 2007)

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What do teachers have to say about Phono-Graphix®?

"This is an amazing program! It breaks reading down into simple understandable chunks for struggling learners. Such a simple concept that letters are pictures of sounds... everyone should teach reading this way. The field of education needs to catch up with the research!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Amy Franco, Title-1 Teacher, Bradford, Vermont

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"I am excited to use this curriculum with each of my students in my K-2 Sensory classroom! I think this will help my struggling readers feel success and my beginning readers stronger. I feel the more I practice with my students the more natural it will become. It just makes sense!"

Lorie Kleve, Special Education, Woodinville, Washington

"This is an easy step by step solid reading program that makes sense! Every reading teacher should take this course."

C. Stradling, Woodbine, MD

Are your students reading at grade level? Check our Literacy Growth Chart to find out.
Learn more about Reading Reflex, our teacher and parent how-to book.

US version of Reading Reflex
UK version of Reading Reflex
We also recommend our Language Wise program for use alongside Reading Reflex

Latest News

Feb 8, 2025

Wishing a warm welcome to Melissa Hunter, licensed Phono-Graphix Trainer to our trainer rolls. She and staff at Jefferson Elementary School in New Ulm, MN will start their studies February 17th.

Feb 2, 2025

Please join us in welcoming the next wave of special education teachers in Malaysia to Phono-Graphix! Sarine Tan, reading therapist and experienced licensed Phono-Graphix trainer will conduct a certification course this month, with a mix of instruction and job-embedded coaching.

Jan 14, 2025

Don't miss this opportunity to train in person this summer with expert trainers Bella Curran, M.S., Reading Specialist, and Samantha Sullivan!
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
The Odyssey School, Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland
June 16-20, 2025.
Sign up early as this course should fill up quickly!

Sep 12, 2024

Please join us in welcoming the next wave of teachers at Lake Washington School District. Their Certification Course starts next week, with Phono-Graphix CEO Erin Duncan. Thirty new teachers join their cohorts from 2 previous years. We're so excited for Lake Washington staff and the expertise they will bring to their students!

Jul 8, 2024

SUMMER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES: 2 new certification courses have just been scheduled! Join a live training course in Malaysia this August with licensed trainer Sarine Tan. Or join a Hybrid Course, with live sessions via the web conducted by licensed trainer Michelle Cicotte. These may be the only remaining courses open to the public in 2024!

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