An awesome phonic foundation for children and provision for hooks to become proficient readers, writers and spellers. I think we could help learners with difficulties and cut out a lot of extra therapies these children need to attend. All children and adults will benefit from THRASS. I believe it’s fun and integrative and can be part of all learning areas. 

An excellent two days! I wish had been available thirty years ago! I have learned a tremendous amount and am very excited about taking this into class. Laola, your enthusiasm is catching. 

Well presented. It has really taught me a lot about the English Language. Great ideas for classroom activities in all learning areas. Makes learning more fun and enjoyable. Would highly recommend all educators, even parents, be trained in this methodology. We will be “THRASSING” our days away! 

I found the course to be thoroughly fantastic! As a linguistic major and doing my postgraduate in Educational Psychology, it combines the theory into a very practical and cognitively sound teaching strategy. THRASS seems to embody the contructivist approach and simultaneously cater for successive and simultaneous processors/learners. Hopefully, by using this approach and making learning literacy skills fun, less children will be ‘misdiagnosed’ as ADD simply because they are more motivated to learn. I would be interested in doing a research project – comparative study between remedial learners taught the ‘old’ way vs. the THRASS way and using mental imagery. 

Great. Will certainly make a difference in the way I approach the teaching of reading, writing and spelling skills. Laola presented it so well, I am really looking forward to literacy lessons. 

Fantastic. Really interesting. I think it is a great way to teach reading and spelling. I think it needs to be implemented correctly from the beginning - starting with Stage 1. Just learning the rap, with no understanding is useless. I will begin using THRASS on Monday! Thanks for a great 2 days Laola. 

Thoroughly enjoyed my two days and can’t wait to investigate this system. I expect it will be an invaluable aid to spelling, reading and writing. Laola was vital and interesting from beginning to end. 

Very well presented! It was enlightening! A lot of time was provided for questions and discussion and clarification of concepts and ideas. This is a brilliant method and I can’t wait to implement it! 

Very enjoyable – definitely makes sense to me and as a remedial therapist, I can see that children will be able to use and integrate it in all work. Thanks. 

Very good and meaningful. Wish that there was someone who had thought of THRASS 30 years ago, then I could have approached English with self-confidence. Lots of information – would have liked to do the course over more days. Very lively and good presentation. 

A wonderful course. Looking forward to using the useful aids/cards/pictures. Laola is so enthusiastic! 

Well presented. Visual material available and used as demonstration material. Breaks well planned and organised. Good sized group – small enough to become intimate and we worked well together. A wonderful method of teaching and gaining the interest and involvement of the children. 

Excellent, well worthwhile. Would like to implement into full school as soon as possible! Thank you Laola. I can now see why my son and many others are battling to read and spell. 

Thanks and congratulations on a job well done! Enthusiasm – contagious … can’t wait to start!  

A lively, interesting and informative course. You were so enthusiastic, it rubbed off! 

It was very informative. I truly enjoyed it. I can’t wait to implement it in my class. Thank you.