{"id":613,"date":"2017-11-20T14:42:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T14:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/?page_id=613"},"modified":"2018-02-22T20:31:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T20:31:57","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About TAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The TAP Philosophy<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TAP (Teens and Adult Phonics) Library is an iPad app offering a series of novels written for teenagers and adults with dyslexia and other reading challenges. \u00a0First and foremost, these novels are intended to be high-quality literature that appeals to, and creates a response in, a mature reader. \u00a0The themes are sophisticated, edgy and thought provoking and should elicit discussion from readers. You\u2019ll find a complete introduction to the philosophy and design considerations underlying the TAP series of phonics books for adults and teens here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/introduction-tap-series-philosophy\/\">Our Learner-Centred Philosophy<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>The TAP Phonics Progression<\/h2>\n<p>The TAP Library consists of\u00a0sequenced and fully decodable texts. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/phonics\/\">phonics<\/a> level of a given text is indicated in the app information screen accessible from the \u201ccover\u201d of each ebook.\u00a0 The levels can also optionally be displayed when browsing the entire library.\u00a0 Every level builds on the phonics content of the previous levels.\u00a0 A detailed description of the phonics levels is found on this page:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/phonics-levels\/\">Systematic and Cumulative Phonics Levels<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>The TAP Team<\/h2>\n<p>The series was conceived of by a reading and dyslexia specialist, Victoria Leslie.\u00a0 The app itself has been built by her collaborator Greg McDonald with careful attention to the needs and dignity of the teen and adult learners using it.\u00a0 For more information about Victoria and Greg, click here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/dyslexia-specialist-designer-coder\/\">Dyslexia Specialist + Designer\/Coder<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TAP Philosophy TAP (Teens and Adult Phonics) Library is an iPad app offering a series of novels written for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/613"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":716,"href":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/613\/revisions\/716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}