Thought form method of reading for the reading impaired

A method of reading instruction whereby words without pictures, as well as other words which a particular reading impaired person finds especially difficult to read and understand, are coded into thought forms through the use of sensing anchors and triggers thereby resulting in the establishment of a mental picture for each such word, comprising the steps of:

• screening a student to determine if the student is reading impaired;
• providing a standard reading test to establish a reading skills benchmark;
• providing a coding sheet for a selected word wherein said sheet has the selected word printed in large letters in a shadowed lower case and in a standard type face;
• providing on the coding sheet a definition of the selected word, a plurality of sample sentences with containing the selected word, and a picture scene enacting one of the sentences or suggesting an application of the word;
• instructing the student to create a thought form for the selected word according to the following steps:
• imagining a sentence that best represents the idea of the selected word;
• looking at the selected word on the sheet and then closing his or her eyes, repeating this step as many times as necessary, to mentally see the word clearly;
• audibly saying the selected word, spelling the word, and then saying the word again;
• spelling the selected word backwards;
• mentally visualizing the selected word colored;
• saying the imagined sentence to himself or herself;
• mentally visualizing the imagined sentence;
• opening his or her eyes and clearing his or her mind;
• closing his or her eyes and checking whether a picture of the selected word and imagined sentence are mentally still in place;
• if either or both pictures of the selected word and imagined sentence are not in place, then the sentence and/or word steps above are repeated;
• if the two pictures are in place, the pictures are mentally put together and mentally stored.