USING COMPUTER-TECHNOLOGY TO MONITOR STUDENT PROGRESS AND REMEDIATE READING PROBLEMS

School psychologists have used computers in daily practice for many ye ars, predominantly for data management and report Rating. However, as school psychologists move toward a more consultative model of service delivery, they need to know about existing technology to help students with reading and learning disabilities. This includes hardware such a s speech synthesizers or digitizers, and optical character recognition systems and software such as integrated learning systems (ILS), intel ligent computer assisted instruction (ICAI), hypermedia, hypertext or responsive text, text-to-speech systems, word processors, outliners, s pelling and grammar checkers, and specialized reading programs to supp lement basic skills and reading comprehension instruction. This articl e focuses on research about applications of text-to-speech systems in diagnosing and remediating word recognition, vocabulary knowledge, and comprehension disabilities.