Since 2010, our priority is to deliver quality programs to educators working with children with learning disabilities, through these three goals:
1.
Build Teacher Knowledge:Build Teacher Knowledge:
Ensuring educators have the capacity to provide effective core literacy instruction and intervention to children at risk for reading problems.
2.
Assess Student Literacy Skills:Assess Student Literacy Skills:
All children in kindergarten and grade one are screened for potential reading difficulties.
3.
Support Students at Risk:Support Students at Risk:
Children at potential risk for reading problems are provided with support at the earliest possible stage in their educational journey.
Popular Courses!
NEW COURSE – JUST RELEASED!!
Letters to Literacy: A Toolkit for Homeschool Parents & Tutors
- Price: $59
- Length: 4-6 Hours
- Ideal for Homeschool parents and private tutors teaching Kindergarten & Grade 1, struggling readers, and English Language Learners
This course empowers you with the essential tools to teach children how to read and spell with confidence. Focused on foundational literacy skills, this toolkit emphasizes word recognition and spelling. Gain new resources and learn hands-on engaging activities and tools you can use right away.
Whether you’re guiding a young learner just starting out or supporting a struggling reader, the Letters to Literacy Toolkit gives you the confidence and clarity to make reading instruction effective—and enjoyable.
**APPROVED BY ALBERTA EDUCATION** Assessment of Foundational Reading Skills (AFRS) – Previously called the RRST
- Price: $185 (individual teacher price) (contact for school/district pricing)
- Length: 15-25 Hours
- This highly sought after course is ideal for teachers of students in Kindergarten, Gr. 1, ELL, & older struggling students
This is a unique online course provides professional development and our science-backed assessment tool for immediate classroom use that leaves teachers with next steps. This two part course includes the Assessment of Foundational Reading Skills (AFRS) and how and what is all means through the Teaching Foundational Reading Skills (TFRS). This assessment can be used as a screener and/or a diagnostic assessment in the classroom.
Teaching Foundational Reading Skills Course (TFRS)
- Price: $135
- Length: 12-18 Hours
- Ideal for teachers of Kindergarten – Grade 3, including older struggling students and English Language Learners
Gain the foundational skills with research-based information, strategies, and activities for teaching foundational reading skills that are essential building blocks to
strong word recognition and spelling skills.
Teachers that complete this course can immediately implement learnings into daily classroom activities. Whether a teacher is new or experienced, this course will enhance all teaching levels. This course can be used as a companion course to the Assessment of Foundational Reading Skills (AFRS).
This course aligns literacy instructional practice with the Science of Reading and Alberta ELAL curriculum outcomes.
Educational Assistants – Literacy Essentials Certificate
- Price: $105
- Length: 4 – 7 Hours
- Ideal for Educational Assistants working in the classroom.
- Gain the skills you need to effectively teach essential reading and writing skills to students in Kindergarten through Grade 3, older struggling students, and English Language Learners.
This certificate course equips Educational Assistants with the tools and confidence to support foundational reading and writing instruction. You’ll gain practical strategies and resources to help students thrive—whether they’re just beginning their literacy journey or need extra support.
History of Right to Read Programs
The original version of LDAA’s literacy assessment tool was called the Reading Readiness Screening Tool (RRST). It covered broad reading readiness skills addressed in Kindergarten and Grade 1 curriculum and has been used widely in schools since 2013. Small updates have been undertaken over the years. In 2023, LDAA focused on rewriting the original Reading Readiness Screening Tool (RRST) to the new name, Assessment of Foundational Reading Skills (AFRS) tool to ensure alignment with the new updated Alberta Learning Curriculum.
The new revision sharpens the focus on two foundational domains, phonological awareness and phonics, and to ensure the tool and accompanying courses are in alignment with the most current research on the science of reading.
We are very excited about the new Assessment of Foundational Reading Skills tool and our Literacy Assessment Certificate Courses!
–And we hope you will be too!
