home-use phonics/spelling programs

PASSWORD>aamjT37qc5iCc: I am a tutor at a community college and one of my students is
: interested in improving his spelling. His LD is such that he
: struggles with writing and spelling. We worked on his writing
: during his tutoring time last sememster, and he has made great
: progress, but he spelling is something he still struggles with.
: His course load and my time constraints make it difficult for me
: to do much within tutoring. Can anyone suggest a home program he
: could use to improve his spelling? Most of the things I've seen
: are geared to work within a school or lab setting, and he really
: wants to work independently. Either computer-based or audiotapes
: would probably be best. He's very motivated, and I'd really like
: to help. Pat I think what I'd do if I were him would be to get a book like Rudginski's _How to Teach Spelling_, which has lots more words than most spelling programs and goes *much* further, and just start at the beginning and work through it -- practicing words and patterns (HTTS is very phonetically based, & used by lots of LD teachers) until they're mastered. (The book's at http://www.epsbooks.com ) Here's a link to some ways to practice the spelling...