Screening and Identification
A brief, game-based screening tool accessible without professional administration, designed for users of any age. Adults and children can engage independently or together. Results flag literacy risk patterns and generate a plain-language profile that the user owns and can share with an educator, employer, or clinician if they choose. No clinical label, no formal diagnosis — a starting point that opens doors rather than closing them.
Skill Development Curriculum
A structured literacy curriculum grounded in Orton-Gillingham principles, delivered through adaptive game mechanics that adjust to the user’s level and pace. The same underlying content is presented through age-appropriate formats — what a ten-year-old experiences looks and feels different from what a forty-year-old experiences, but both are building the same foundational skills. Progress is visible, cumulative, and never resets to zero.
Gamification and Engagement Design
Game mechanics are not decorative. Points, levels, cooperative challenges, and family leaderboards are the delivery system for content that people would otherwise avoid. The design goal is a product that competes for attention in the word game category — the same shelf as Wordle and Spelling Bee — so that literacy development becomes a byproduct of something people choose to do rather than something they are assigned.
Multigenerational Participation
Family units engage together. A parent and child can play cooperatively, compete on shared challenges, or simply see each other’s progress. An older adult and a grandchild can work through the same content from different starting points. The social layer is designed to reduce isolation and stigma by making literacy a shared family activity rather than an individual remediation program.
Community Partner Program
The platform is delivered through anchor organizations that already have trust relationships with the target population — community colleges, public libraries, adult basic education programs, Head Start centers, workforce development sites, and family resource centers. Partners provide access and context; EKI provides the program, training, and outcome data those partners can use for their own reporting and funding.
Clinical Oversight and Practitioner Network
Laura De la Houssaye and a network of dyslexia diagnosis and treatment practitioners provide the clinical foundation for the screening instrument and skill development curriculum. Practitioners connected to the program can receive referrals from users whose screening results suggest a need for formal evaluation — creating a pathway from the platform into professional services for those who want it.
Research and Evaluation
A university research partner provides independent evaluation of screening accuracy, skill development outcomes, and engagement retention across age groups and settings. Findings are published and disseminated through peer-reviewed channels. The research function is not a compliance requirement — it is how the program builds the credibility that allows it to grow and how the field learns what actually works for the populations that have been left out.
