“ I have a master’s degree in Literacy for Special Needs through Seattle University, I’ve taught k-2 for 15 years, 6th for two years, been through a minimum of 200 hours of clock hours through my district and I have NEVER learned so much about the English language as what I have done in the introductory and the advanced classes.

My district curriculum for 6th grade is Greek/Latin roots. Starting in April, I began teaching the WFR way instead of the way of the curriculum I was previously using (though it was still the same content). All of a sudden I had students begging for word study! 23 out of 24 students had their spelling percentage go up and kids were finding roots in the books they were reading!

Now, I am so excited to take the intermediate! Thank you for everything! “

“ I love that I was put in the position of a struggling/new reader and learned how to read from a completely new angle. I can’t wait to put what I learned in the class into practice in the Fall. Please get this program into teaching programs! Thank you! This was the best, most effective class I have taken. “

“ In a short amount of time, Wired for Reading has fundamentally changed my teaching practice. I am no longer mystified by the variations in student success in reading and writing. WFR has given me the tools I need to help even my most struggling readers that used to leave me puzzled. Now I can teach these readers directly in the classroom instead of relying on specialists and outside interventions. I used to feel like a reading teacher imposter. Now, I at least have the chance of being the real thing. “

“ I have been a teacher for close to 30 years and a special education teacher for half of that time. I am also dyslexic myself so I know how difficult it is to learn when your brain is wired differently.

I found this program, while difficult to absorb in a week, to be the best comprehensive training of its kind I have attended. Not only does it target reading difficulties but also writing issues. I loved the multi-sensory aspects incorporating music, color, pictures, and body movements in a clever way. It will take me months to digest the program for my middle school special education students.

I am energized and looking forward to the intermediate class. If you have to take a training during the summer, this should be the one. “

“ We really learned by playing, chanting, singing, acting, discussing, applying, using humor, storytelling, color coding, talking about the history of English and sharing. Also, thank you for bringing in lots of people to make this learning experience enriched by a community of experts. I loved this course. “

“ I love Wired for Reading! It can be used for Tier 1, 2, and 3 kiddos. It helps make reading fun, understandable, and memorable! It also demystifies so many confusions in the English Language. “

“ I have used Wired for Reading in my second-grade classroom and as a small group reading teacher. It is the program I always come back to. It just works! I love that it is linguistics for kids. The students always feel so smart when they learn complicated English language patterns that many times still puzzle their parents and older siblings. I believe the two most valuable parts of the program are:

Mouth cards: For helping students learn phonemic awareness. There is nothing like the mouth cards! The kids just see it and get it. It is natural for those early readers. I love that often the struggling word readers are the strong mouth card readers. I get excited with them, as their pride grows.

Phonics Stories: The Phonics stories are wonderful, because they seem to take no effort for most students to remember. The phonics stories show the connections within spelling rules and help kids remember very complicated spelling patterns.

• Mouth cards: For helping students learn phonemic awareness. There is nothing like the mouth cards! The kids just see it and get it. It is natural for those early readers. I love that often the struggling word readers are the strong mouth card readers. I get excited with them, as their pride grows.
• Phonics Stories: The Phonics stories are wonderful, because they seem to take no effort for most students to remember. The phonics stories show the connections within spelling rules and help kids remember very complicated spelling patterns.

Another benefit is that they provide many cues for me to use with my students. When a student is having trouble spelling a word, I can give him or her a quick hint to the story, and the student knows instantly the story and then the rule for that spelling pattern. Wired for Reading has helped me to understand linguistics better myself. It has made me a stronger speller and reader, which has made me a better teacher. “

“ I learned more in Laura’s fourteen hour Advanced Wired For Reading course than I did in a quarter long graduate course on teaching vocabulary! “

“ Having been previously trained in OG-Slingerland, I felt like I was missing “the mouthy piece.” The Wired For Reading Introductory course was super helpful to me. Thank you! “

“ Once again, I have been dazzled by Laura Rogan. I have taken over ten classes from her and I’ll keep going back.

Five years ago, I was frustrated with the services available to my students who had reading difficulties and I stumbled upon Laura’s classes. Besides her expansive knowledge about dyslexia and reading instruction she is creative, energetic, and inspiring. She converted her knowledge gained with university reading researchers into a curriculum that teachers can understand, but more importantly, her program, Wired for Reading, is the key that unlocks the world of reading for everyone.

Laura uses stories, music, visuals, and movement to engage students while they gain the skills necessary to be competent readers. She has taken complex phonics rules and turned them into engaging lessons for all ages- kindergartener to adult. “

“ I immediately put to use syllable dancing, quick words and the flowers tools to use in a variety of ways with my ELL student! The program also offers the opportunity to identify which sounds an ELL student might have trouble pronouncing, sounds which don’t even exist in their home country. I can see that students, particularly from Vietnam would excel with this program.

Thank you Laura for allowing me to attend one of your workshops! I’m still pouring over the workbook for ideas I can implement in the structure of the program we’ve been given to work with. “

“ This is my 20th year teaching and I feel like I have a renewed passion for teaching reading. The information and research you share is incredibly valuable and provides instruction for all styles of learner. I will continue to promote Wired for Reading (and Laura Rogan) with my colleagues! Again, thank you! “

“ As a young educator I am so grateful I took the Wired For Reading course. Laura’s program provides a strong framework for instruction while allowing me the creativity to adjust towards individual student needs and my own teaching style.

I used Laura’s techniques when teaching beginning English Language Learners with language processing challenges overseas. Her direct, yet engaging and multi-sensory approach to language instruction is just what the doctor ordered. Laura’s program and love for language has now touched students across the world. Thank you! “

“ I highly recommend Wired for Reading’s Advanced Course for anyone teaching students at a mid-third grade level or above. I’ve been looking for a better way to teach the Latin and Greek levels of our language and am so excited by the method and content of Wired for Reading. Laura Rogan’s approach is fun and engaging and is going to help my students learn not only how to decode words from the Latin and Greek level, but is also going to unlock the meanings of words. “

“ Stories, characters, letters, oh my! I took all three of Laura Rogan’s basic to advanced courses in the summer and fall of 2010 and was truly inspired.

As a new reading instructor and someone to whom reading came easily, I felt lost when helping students with anything greater than superficial comprehension issues. Laura’s courses gave me the grounding and background I needed to help the students who need it the most. As she does with her clients, she approached the subject from many angles and tapped into every learning style.

I left the course more confident and with the belief that all students can be helped, no matter how they struggle. She is a great reminder to all educators that instruction can and should be fun and creative.

I recommend these courses to any teacher or parent who has had a child struggle through a paragraph, claim they hate reading, and run out of the room, or to anyone who wants to know why they should take that Wild R out of their babysitting rolodex! “

“ Laura Rogan is an amazing advocate for children. I was humbled by her knowledge, energy and attitude. Thank you! “

“ Thank you, thank you, thank you for bringing so much life, awareness, and new found ability into my teaching! You are a true professor of linguistics and your energetic teaching style not only captivates your students, professional educators, and parents, but also transfers to their students. You touch so many lives with your gift. “

“ The lights are turning on daily in my home classroom with my two sons, ages 6 and 8. I grow more and more passionate about teaching our language as I dive deeper and deeper into the Wired for Reading program.

Years ago I took Laura’s Wired for Reading class two different times as a public classroom teacher. I was astounded and delighted with how much I learned in how to teach my first and second graders at the time.

I now have the pleasure of teaching my own children this program at home. The stories that go along with each new learning concept are what really draw my boys in.

The lessons that are being taught are certainly building life long brain pathways to truly understand what our language really means. I believe that by using this curriculum, my children are wired for reading and life long lovers of reading and language! “

“ Laura is amazing. Laura is truly an expert on the subject of reading and her passion is infectious! I feel like I have found a gold mine in knowing her. Laura has blessed my life and I am grateful. Here is to the future! “

“ Laura Rogan is an inspiring teacher who shares her knowledge with great enthusiasm. “

“ I share the Wired for Reading web site and training with others. I have said to many people over the years that I believe Laura is personally and significantly changing the nature of reading instruction in the Puget Sound Area for the better. Laura will never know all the teachers and students she has helped move forward in this area. I know her work will continue to have a rippling effect for years and years to come.

I personally will be forever grateful for all I have learned from her, not just content wise, but all I learned in how to teach. Laura is a gifted teacher of teachers. “