Unlike many reading programs that have been created simply to satisfy current research recommendations, My Reading Coach™ originated in the classroom. The instructional methods built into the program are proven best practices refined by a master teacher and speech pathologist, Jim Larrabee, over a thirty-year teaching career with students from 1st grade through adulthood.

When MindPlay discovered this highly effective approach to teaching reading, we were impressed by Jim’s success rate with even the most challenging students. We knew the method worked. Then we set out to determine whether current reading research could explain why it achieved such outstanding results.
This research resulted in a thorough scientific validation of the basis for My Reading Coach™.

Soon thereafter, working with Larrabee and other dedicated educators, MindPlay translated this method into a fully-functional, technology-based reading system.