The national reading crisis has met its match!
The CUBED-3 is a family of language and decoding assessments that accurately and efficiently identify the causes of reading comprehension difficulty in preschool through 8th grade students.
Innovative solutions to help your students excel in language, reading and writing
60-80% of students in U.S. schools do not meet grade level expectations in reading comprehension and writing. This poor academic performance is largely due to a lack of focus on language, which is the foundation for academic success.
Our innovative assessments and interventions help educators address the academic needs of all their students so that students can reach their full potential.
Language solutions for academic success
Screen for dyslexia and language disorder in minutes with the PEARL
The PEARL is a quick and easy kindergarten screener for decoding and language and informs early intervention so all students can succeed. LEARN MORE >
Assess language comprehension and word recognition with CUBED-3
The CUBED-3 is an innovative, comprehensive, and efficient literacy assessment that helps educators identify language, reading, and decoding needs and informs intervention. LEARN MORE>
Provide language instruction with Story Champs®
Story Champs® is a multitiered, systematic, and explicit language program that helps promote academic language of diverse PreK-school-age children. LEARN MORE >
The Reading Crisis
60-80% of students do not read at grade level. Previous approaches to address this issue have failed because they have not focused on the root problem-language. We provide language assessment and intervention approaches that are valid and that significantly improve reading for all students.
Implementation support from experts
Take advantage of the variety of training and implementation resources we have to help you succeed.
Training Options
Individual and group training options from implementation and dissemination professionals training sessions.
Research Articles
View the research behind our evidence-based products.
Webinar Library
Register for our next upcoming free webinar, or browse through previously recorded webinars on research, assessment, and intervention.
VIDEO DEMONSTRATIONS
Take advantage of video demonstrations and tutorials on Story Champs®, PEARL, and CUBED-3.
Customer Testimonials
Read what customers have to say about our products
It was amazing to see the growth in all the students with intellectual disabilities and they really enjoyed the therapy, especially the opportunity to tell their own stories! I definitely noticed an increase in their attention to the problem in each story rather than just pulling out insignificant details from the stories.
– Sophie, SLP
I think Story Champs is revolutionary! It focuses on the more important aspect of reading, which is comprehension. With the actions and constant student involvement, it is fun and successful. Having the vocabulary and transition word focus incorporated into the program brings it to the next level and paves the way for carry over when students are reading / listening on their own.
– Julie, SLP
My students have enjoyed Story Champs, but my students’ parents have absolutely loved the results. Every aspect of language is addressed by this program! Teachers have reported that children are more confident in classroom discussions. Story Champs is the spark that can ignite the language flame in the most reserved and reticent child!
– Teacher
Meet Our Founders
As educators, clinicians, and researchers, Douglas Petersen, PhD, CCC-SLP, and Trina Spencer, PhD, BCBA, have been researching narrative language for nearly 20 years. They have been published in several top-tier, peer reviewed journals. To view their research, click here.
Douglas Petersen, PhD
Dr. Petersen is a full professor and Maggie & Dick Scarlett Chair in Speech-Language Pathology, Language & Literacy in the department of Communication Disorders at the University of Wyoming. He is a certified speech-language pathologist with several years of clinical and research experience.
Trina Spencer, PhD
Dr. Spencer is the director of Juniper Gardens Children’s Project and full professor at the University of Kansas. She is a school psychologist, special educator, and board certified behavior analyst. Dr. Spencer promotes interdisciplinary collaborations and community-research partnerships.