First of all, let me tell you that I am a resource teacher and private reading tutor. I don't sell any products!
In my search for the best reading program several years ago, I also came here for advice. At that time, I decided to be trained in all the Lindamood-Bell (LMB) programs as well as Phono-Graphix (PG). I believed that those approaches were sound and effective. Over time, I also had the opportunity to be trained in SRA Corrective Reading and LANGUAGE!
At some point, I had the opportunity to take a training from someone who had been director a reading clinic in Delaware who was trained in LMB and PG. Over time, he saw the strong points and deficits of those programs, and he eventually developed his own program which provided wonderful sequential lessons in an easier-to-use format.
Once I began using this decoding program, I have never changed! I use them at school and for private tutoring. It covers phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency, and you use various supplemental readers to go along with it.
The name of the program is called the ABeCeDarian Reading Program:
www.abcdrp.com
There is a placement test on the website. I mostly use Level A Short Version, B1 and B2 for my students. But if you have a child who is a good sight word reader (3rd gr. reading level or above), B Short version teaches them the vowel patterns, etc.
Best of luck to you!
Janis
