About Us
Help Them Read is based in South Wales, UK. The methods used in our exercise
Sets were pioneered and used successfully for over 30 years by one of our founders,
Anthony Capron.
This was in teaching children with special needs to develop and improve
their reading skills. These methods have now been brought together in the Help Them
Read system and made available for home use with children and adults.
In his work,
Anthony Capron found that committed parents are especially suited to help their
children to read with the correct exercises to help and guide them, devised by a
qualified person. It also works with adults helping adults.
Help Them Read is designed
for this purpose.
Anthony Capron is a Master of Philosophy, a Bachelor of Education
(Hons.) and has a Diploma in Teaching Children and Adults with Special Needs. He
has been a guest lecturer at several universities on the subject of using unqualified
help to teach children and adults to read. His work has been published in leading
educational journals and his research work includes:
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‘Slow Learning Adolescents
During Their Last Two Years At School’ – 1973, University of Wales
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‘Programmes of
Work For Children Who Have Difficulties With Reading – devised and organised by
Capron, A.C.’ – 1978, Council for National Academic Awards
The Help Them Read system
is currently being adapted for use in Africa for children of normal abilities, special
needs and the deaf. A Braille version is also being prepared for use with the blind
and partially sighted. This work is being done on a charitable basis in partnership
with Health Help International.
Help Them Read has a policy of continual development
of the system for other types of users.