Early
Childhood Parenting Institute (ECPI)
ECPI is the tax-exempt, non-profit Research and Development and
Educational arm of Perception Dynamics Institute (PDI).
Our mission is to:
1. Conduct research on the neural basis of visual perception
and learning as they relate to reading,
2. Embody these and other research results from neurobiology
in prototype tools to remediate reading problems,
3. Conduct the necessary controlled clinical validation and comparison
studies to assess their effectiveness,
4. Help make PDI reading remediation products available to schools,
And
thereby improve the quality of life. ECPI
offers PDI reading remediation tools, including PATH to Reading
software and training,
at substantial discounts to teachers
and schools, and, in very difficult situations, can aid in
securing the necessary funding. ECPI can also underwrite the
cost in some
cases when the remediation regimen is administered as part
of a clinical validation study.
Reading
remediation is a critical issue in this information age since,
according to the (National
Assessment of Educational
Progress
(2007) *), 67% of fourth grade students across the nation
do not read proficiently.
For
Donors:
Reading
proficiency is essential for a successful, productive life. Since
there have been major
cutbacks in education at
both the state and federal levels, only with the help of
socially-conscious donors like yourself, is there the possibility
of introducing
new, innovative classroom programs to help children, especially
those with reading deficits, improve their reading skills.
If
you see the deep social value of education for our quality of
life, and would like to help improve childrens’ reading
fluency, it’s easy for you to help!
A
donation will help ECPI make the PDI Path to Reading program
available
to schools.
The
cost per classroom of 20 students is $7,000, including major
(50%) discounts on both training and
the cost
of PATH to Reading
software.
If
you would like to help one or more classrooms of elementary school
children improve their reading
skills,
please
send an email to Dr.
Teri Lawton with a
subject line of PATH: I want to help! In your message,
please include:
1) Your name, address, phone number, and preferred
email address
2) How many classrooms you would like to fund,
and
3) What you would like your gift allocated to:
a. Special education or mainstream classrooms,
b. Particular geographical locations
c. Particular schools or classrooms,
d. No preference,
e. Other.
ECPI
will contact you.
Thank you very much for your interest in this vital
effort! As a valued donor, at the conclusion
of the program you
will receive
a handsome certificate commemorating your gift,
a thank-you note from each child, as well as
information describing
how much your
childrens’ reading skills improved as a result of the training
you provided.
For
Teachers:
If you have students who are not proficient in
reading despite all your best efforts, lack the
resources
to acquire innovative
programs to improve their reading skills, and
need help,
Please send an email to Dr.
Teri Lawton with a subject
line of
PATH: Please Help!
In
your message, please provide:
1. Your name, address, and phone number, preferred
email address
2. The name and address of your school,
3. The grade being taught,
4. The number of students in your classroom,
5. The type of classroom, e.g. mainstream
or special education,
6. The type of computers available in your
classroom, i.e. Macintosh or Windows-based,
and
7. The level of need, meaning how critically
your students need reading remediation
8. A brief description of the situation in
your school relative to acquiring reading intervention
programs,
e.g. inadequate
funding, administrative roadblocks, or other
factors.
Thanks
and warmest regards. ECPI will contact you.
*website:
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/viewresults.asp?pid=4-2-4-RED-National---10-TOTAL-20073,20053,20033,20023,20003,19983,19982,19942,19922--RC-BB,AB,AP,AD-5-0-0--1-0--2-3--0--1 |
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