SPELL-Links Intervention and Training Products
SPELL-Links / Learning By Design, Inc.- SPELL-Links™ intervention and training resources are products for struggling readers and suitable for students with dyslexia. The SPELL-Links products use a speech-to-print word study approach that leverages the brain's innate, biological wiring and organization for oral language combined with multi-linguistic and meta-linguistic instruction. See our Guidance on using these resources remotely.
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Kits
Starter & complete kits, print & digital
8 options
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Support materials
Manuals, stimulus books, replacement items & other materials
10 options
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Training
Onsite, virtual & on-demand trainings
9 options
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All products
All tests & materials offered for SPELL-Links / Learning By Design
27 options
from $24.00
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Spell-Links Grades K-12 Q-global Complete Kit (Digital)
A103000184198 Qualification Level BIncludes SPELL-Links Grade K-2 Q-global Lesson Sets (Digital), Grade K-2 Q-global Printables (Digital), Grade 3-5 Q-global Lesson Sets (Digital), Grade 3-5 Q-global Printables (Digital), Grade 6-12 Q-global Lesson Sets (Digital), Grade 6-12 Q-global Printables (Digital); once ordered, the digital assets are accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. The Lesson Sets are view-only digital files; the Printables are downloadable.
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Spell-Links Grades K-2 Q-global Kit (Digital)
A103000184195 Qualification Level BIncludes SPELL-Links Grade K-2 Q-global Lesson Sets (Digital), Grade K-2 Q-global Printables (Digital); once ordered, the digital assets are accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. The Lesson Set is a view-only digital file; the Printables file is downloadable.
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Spell-Links Grades 3-5 Q-global Kit (Digital)
A103000184196 Qualification Level BIncludes SPELL-Links Grade 3-5 Q-global Lesson Sets (Digital), Grade 3-5 Q-global Printables (Digital); once ordered, the digital assets are accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. The Lesson Set is a view-only digital file; the Printables file is downloadable.
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Spell-Links Grades 6-12 Q-global Kit (Digital)
A103000184197 Qualification Level BIncludes SPELL-Links Grade 6-12 Q-global Lesson Sets (Digital), Grade 6-12 Q-global Printables (Digital); once ordered, the digital assets are accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. The Lesson Set is a view-only digital file; the Printables file is downloadable.
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Spell-Links Grades K-2 Q-global Printables (Digital)
A103000184190 Qualification Level BOnce ordered, the digital asset is accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. It is a downloadable file.
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Spell-Links Grades 3-5 Q-global Printables (Digital)
A103000184192 Qualification Level BOnce ordered, the digital asset is accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. It is a downloadable file.
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Spell-Links Grades 6-12 Q-global Printables (Digital)
A103000184194 Qualification Level BOnce ordered, the digital asset is accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. It is a downloadable file.
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Spell-Links Grades K-2 Q-global Lesson Sets (Digital)
A103000184189 Qualification Level BOnce ordered, the digital asset is accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. It is a view-only digital file.
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Spell-Links Grades 3-5 Q-global Lesson Sets (Digital)
A103000184191 Qualification Level BOnce ordered, the digital asset is accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. It is a view-only digital file.
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Spell-Links Grades 6-12 Q-global Lesson Sets (Digital)
A103000184193 Qualification Level BOnce ordered, the digital asset is accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. It is a view-only digital file.
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Spell-Links Class-Links Book 1 Bundle (Print)
0158011589 Qualification Level AIncludes SPELL-Links Class Links Book 1 (Print), 1 classroom poster (Print), SPELL-Links Strategies by the Numbers (Print), SPELL-Links Strategies by the Numbers Strips (Print), 20 SPELL-Links 14 Strategies for Spelling & Reading Success Labels (Print), access to digital library of reproducible materials including 18 pattern-loaded grade-level decodable stories (Digital)
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Spell-Links Class-Links Book 2 Bundle (Print)
0158011597 Qualification Level AIncludes SPELL-Links Class Links Book 2 (Print), 1 classroom poster (Print), SPELL-Links Strategies by the Numbers (Print), SPELL-Links Strategies by the Numbers Strips (Print), 20 SPELL-Links 14 Strategies for Spelling & Reading Success Labels (Print), access to digital library of reproducible materials including 18 pattern-loaded grade-level decodable stories (Digital)
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SPELL-Links Wordtivities Kit (Print)
A103000220633 Qualification Level AIncludes SPELL-Links Wordtivities Spiral bound activity book (Print), one set of small picture card manipulatives (Print), one set of large keyword picture card manipulatives (Print), one set of 4x5.5 inch keyword images (Digital), reproducible desktop sound charts (Digital), Student Assignment Sheets (Digital)
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SPELL-Links To Reading and Writing Second Edition (Print)
0158146115 Qualification Level AIncludes 3-volume spiral-bound curriculum (Print), access to cloud library of reproducible materials (Digital), 10 peel & stick 4" x 5" labels
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SPELL-Links The Language of Reading and Spelling Part 1: Overview of Current Best Practices On Demand 1.5 Hours
A103000369531 Qualification Level BThis 1.5-hour session is designed for SPELL-Links users to gain foundational knowledge and skills and overview of current best practices, laying the groundwork for successful implementation of SPELL-Links. Participants will have access to this course for one year.
Training orders will be processed within 5-7 business days of order placement. On-demand training is accessed via a welcome email sent to the email address associated with the order.
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SPELL-Links The Language of Reading and Spelling Part 2: Phonology On Demand 2 Hours
A103000369532 Qualification Level BThis 2-hour session is designed for SPELL-Links users to gain foundational knowledge and skills in phonology for successful implementation of SPELL-Links. Participants will have access to this course for one year.
Training orders will be processed within 5-7 business days of order placement. On-demand training is accessed via a welcome email sent to the email address associated with the order.
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SPELL-Links The Language of Reading and Spelling Part 3: Orthography On Demand 2 Hours
A103000369533 Qualification Level BThis 1.5 hour session is designed for SPELL-Links users to gain foundational knowledge and skills in orthography for successful implementation of SPELL-Links. Participants will have access to this course for one year.
Training orders will be processed within 5-7 business days of order placement. On-demand training is accessed via a welcome email sent to the email address associated with the order.
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SPELL-Links The Language of Reading and Spelling Part 4: Morphology On Demand 1.5 Hours
A103000369534 Qualification Level BThis 1.5 hour session is designed for SPELL-Links users to gain foundational knowledge and skills in morphology for successful implementation of SPELL-Links. Participants will have access to this course for one year.
Training orders will be processed within 5-7 business days of order placement. On-demand training is accessed via a welcome email sent to the email address associated with the order.
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SPELL-Links The Language of Reading and Spelling Bundle On Demand 6.5 Hours
A103000369535 Qualification Level BThis 6.5-hour session is designed for SPELL-Links users to gain foundational knowledge and skills to lay the groundwork for successful implementation of SPELL-Links. Participants will have access to this course for one year, and it includes four parts:
- Part 1 – The Language of Reading & Spelling: Overview of Current Best Practices
- Part 2 – The Language of Reading & Spelling: Phonology
- Part 3 – The Language of Reading & Spelling: Orthography
- Part 4 – The Language of Reading & Spelling: Morphology
Training orders will be processed within 5-7 business days of order placement. On-demand training is accessed via a welcome email sent to the email address associated with the order.
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SPELL-Links The Language Literacy Network On Demand 1 Hour
A103000369536 Qualification Level BThis 1-hour session is designed for SPELL-Links users to understand the research basis and rationale for The Language Literacy Network, explore the practical implications of The Language Literacy Network, and gain new insights for putting current research into practice. Participants will have access to this course for one year.
Training orders will be processed within 5-7 business days of order placement. On-demand training is accessed via a welcome email sent to the email address associated with the order.
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SPELL-Links Getting Started with Wordtivities On Demand 3 Hours
A103000369537 Qualification Level BThis 3-hour session is designed for SPELL-Links Wordtivities users to understand the framework of SPELL-Links and learn how to begin using Wordtivities with students. Participants will have access to this course for one year.
Training orders will be processed within 5-7 business days of order placement. On-demand training is accessed via a welcome email sent to the email address associated with the order.
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SPELL-Links Getting Started with SPELL-Links to Reading & Writing and SPELL-3 On Demand 6 Hours
A103000369538 Qualification Level BThis 6-hour session is designed to support SPELL-Links users in getting started using the SPELL-Links to Reading & Writing word study curriculum materials and the SPELL-3 assessment. Participants will have access to this course for one year.
Training orders will be processed within 5-7 business days of order placement. On-demand training is accessed via a welcome email sent to the email address associated with the order.
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SPELL-Links Pattern Inventory Analysis Tool (PIAT) Training for aimswebPlus On Demand 1 Hour
A103000369539 Qualification Level BThis 1-hour session is designed for SPELL-Links PIAT users to understand how to score and analyze aimswebPlus student responses using the PIAT. Participants will have access to this course for one year.
Training orders will be processed within 5-7 business days of order placement. On-demand training is accessed via a welcome email sent to the email address associated with the order.
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SPELL-Links Decodable Books Full Set Subscription 1 Year (Digital)
A103000369540 Qualification Level BIncludes 27 books in eBook and Printable formats delivered via Mimeo; subscription year is August 1 through July 31, and access can be prorated for mid-year purchasing. Digital delivery may take 1-3 business days and will result in an email with a redemption key for access to the books.
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SPELL-Links Decodable Books Set 1 Subscription 1 Year (Digital)
A103000369541 Qualification Level BIncludes 18 books in eBook and Printable formats delivered via Mimeo; subscription year is August 1 through July 31, and access can be prorated for mid-year purchasing. Digital delivery may take 1-3 business days and will result in an email with a redemption key for access to the books.
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SPELL-Links Decodable Books Set 2 Subscription 1 Year (Digital)
A103000369542 Qualification Level BIncludes 9 books in eBook and Printable formats delivered via Mimeo; subscription year is August 1 through July 31, and access can be prorated for mid-year purchasing. Digital delivery may take 1-3 business days and will result in an email with a redemption key for access to the books.
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SPELL-LINKS Wordtivities Word Lists (Print)
A103000370922 Qualification Level BIncludes 1 spiral-bound collection of pattern-focused grade level word lists for K-6 word study (Print) and access to cloud library of reproducible materials (Digital)
Overview
- Publication date:
- 2012 (SPELL-Links to Reading & Writing), 2015 (SPELL-Links Decodable Books), 2017 (SPELL-Links Class Links for Classrooms Books 1 & 2), 2019 (Wordtivities), 2023 (Wordtivities Word Lists/PIAT)
- Age range:
- Grades K-Adult (varies by product)
- Qualification level:
- A
- Completion time:
- Variable
- Administration:
- Digital and print (varies by product)
- Telepractice:
- Guidance on using these resources remotely.
Product Details
Use SPELL-Links assessment and intervention tools across your education setting!Discover the depth and breadth of resources and learning tools from the SPELL-Links team! Empower students to independently apply their knowledge and strategies to reading, writing, and spelling every day — not just during the classroom lesson or on the weekly test.
SPELL-Links ensures that there is a word study solution for everyone.
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Training
The Language of Reading and Spelling Bundle Four courses of 90 mins each will give you a foundational view of language as the basis for good reading and writing. Once you discover and explore current best practices in Part 1, you’ll learn in-depth knowledge regarding phonology (sounds), orthography (letters), and morphology (meanings). The Language Literacy Network This course explains the details behind the 2021 creation of The Language Literacy Network by the SPELL-Links team and creator Dr. Jan Wasowicz. Learn the breadth and depth of language across speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Getting Started with Wordtivities Perfect for Tier 1 classroom word study, Wordtivities helps students learn the 14 SPELL-Links strategies at the whole class level! While you can use Wordtivities with 1:1 or small group settings as well, this course brings Wordtivities to life for large-group instruction. Getting Started with SPELL-Links and SPELL-3 Putting together a spelling assessment and intervention plan in your setting? Tie your planning and implementation together with this training that includes the full picture across your workflow. |
Resources
The following resources are available for SPELL-Links to Reading & Writing and SPELL-Links Class Links for Classrooms. Product Samples |
Flyers, Brochures, and Videos |
Research and Research-Related Resources |
FAQs
Are there embedded pre-tests/diagnostic assessments within the SPELL-LINKS program to help identify skill/lesson and starting point? |
If you are using SPELL-Links via the Curricular or Supplemental Model, there is a suggested Scope and Sequence in the manual. Additionally, the SPELL-Links assessment software (SPELL-3; sold separately) prescribes the SPELL-Links lessons (target patterns) and starting point activity within each prescribed SPELL-Links lesson for a single student. |
How long are the lessons? |
Each SPELL-Links lesson(in any of the product offerings) consists of multiple activities, so the length of time required to complete a SPELL-Links lesson will vary. On average, an activity can be completed in 30 minutes but could take more or less time depending on student variables such as nature and complexity of disorder and attention and motivation factors, size of instructional group, and clinician familiarity with methods and activities. Frequency/intensity of intervention is determined by student need. For Tier 1 applications, SPELL-Links typically is completed during part of the reading block. |
How do you determine if a student has a mental orthographic image (MOI)? |
Spelling error analysis shows deficits in any one of the linguistic underpinnings of word-level reading and spelling (phonological, orthographic, morphological, mental orthographic image (MOI)/representation) will manifest as specific patterns of spelling errors in the student's spelling of words. Professionals well-trained in linguistic word study can observe patterns within students' misspellings. For the rest of us, the SPELL-Links assessment software (SPELL-2), for example, uses spelling error analysis algorithms to identify deficits in a variety of underlying linguistic skills including storage and retrieval of mental orthographic images (MOIs) of specific words and word parts, including affixes. |
What do you suggest to do when you have limited staff with regard to increasing intensity of treatment? |
This is a real challenge and a problem that is set to grow as more students are identified through mandatory screening for dyslexia. A multi-faceted approach is needed to provide students the services they need with limited staff. This can include early (preschool) programs that will help to reduce the need for intervention and intensity of services needed once a student enters school, early screening and identification to provide early intervention before students fall significantly behind their peers, targeted intervention so each student receives only the instruction s/he needs, evidence-based instruction to achieve results as quickly as possible, and use of clinical tools and independent activities that deliver the repeated exposure and practice needed. |
How and when would you integrate fluency instruction into practice? |
First, it's important to distinguish between reading fluency and reading rate (wpm). Reading fluency is defined as "reasonably accurate reading, at an appropriate rate, with suitable prosody, that leads to accurate and deep comprehension and motivation to read" ( Hasbrouck & Glaser 2014). Reading rate is one component of the three primary components of fluency (accuracy, rate, and expression) and develops as a student gains automatic word recognition. Multi-linguistic word study instruction, when properly done, leads to automatic word recognition and improved reading rate. For most students, reading fluency will emerge as reading rate improves. If not, there may be other factors--for example, oral language syntax comprehension deficits--at play that need to be addressed. |
Have you seen improvement for students with dyslexia in terms of their response to intervention? |
Students with dyslexia DO respond to intervention but they require more intensive, explicit, and systematic instruction and practice than students who struggle with reading and writing for other reasons, for example, students who come from a low-print, low-verbal home, ELL students, students with oral language disorders, and students who do not receive evidence-based instruction in the classroom ("dysteachia"). |
Do you ever see memory deficits in these students? |
Working memory deficits are not uncommon in children who struggle with written language. |
Is it common for a student to be a great reader and decode well, but spelling is terrible? |
It's possible that a student can be a poor speller and yet have strong reading skills. More commonly, however, if a student is a poor speller, weak reading skills often co-exist. Weak decoding skills could be masked by strong vocabulary and compensatory strategies such as guessing a word from context. Or a student may decode accurately but not efficiently, automatically, so on the surface reading decoding may seem "normal" but the student's comprehension may be compromised due to inefficiency of decoding. If a student presents with poor spelling, it's important to carefully examine decoding skills that on the surface may appear to be within normal limits. |
What separates SPELL-Links products from other dyslexia intervention programs? |
There are many distinguishing components. Most notable is SPELL-Links' speech-to-print (vs. print-to-speech) approach. A comprehensive comparison of what separates SPELL-Links from other dyslexia intervention programs can be found under the Resources tab. |
Webinars
The following live training events are available for those interested in one or more SPELL-Links products. |