| 1981 |
Judith Bliss founded and solely funded Methods and Solutions, Inc. as a development company for several educational publishers
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| 1983 |
First corporate office opened in Woburn, MA for ongoing development for several educational publishers
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| 1986 |
Methods and Solutions Inc. added (DBA) MindPlay to encompass self-published line of MindPlay software. With the goal of helping her learning disabled son, Bliss introduced her first six self published MindPlay educational software games: Math Magic™ , Race the Clock™, Cat n’ Mouse™, Picture Perfect™, Bake n’ Taste™, and Dyno-Quest™ and later over 40 other programs
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| 1989 |
Methods and Solutions, Inc. corporate office relocated to Tucson, Arizona for ongoing MindPlay educational software development and publishing
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| 1995 |
Judith Bliss began a quest for an effective reading system. Bliss met Tucson-based reading specialist and speech pathologist Jim Larrabee. MindPlay decided to create a software program modeling Larrabee’s successful reading instruction methods
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| 1998 |
MindPlay Lifelong Learning Center™ opened in Tucson, AZ to measure student success using the program in a “real world” learning environment during initial program development
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| 1999 |
MindPlay launched Larrabee’s Bridge to Adult Literacy™
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| 1999 |
Florence State Prison (FSP), one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) successfully implemented MindPlay Larrabee’s Bridge to Adult Literacy™ with inmates
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| 2000 |
Company revised product name to MindPlay Larrabee’s Bridge to Literacy™ reflecting program suitability for ages 7 to adult, incorporated several software updates
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| 2000 |
U of A doctoral candidate J. Crews conducted first independent research and pilot study of the program at Myers-Ganoung Elementary School in Tucson, Arizona
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| 2000 |
Company launched a free reading assessment test online at www.test4free.com, empowering parents to monitor their own child’s reading abilities
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| 2000 |
Company released My Reading Coach™ updated with new content based on field input about the program
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| 2003 |
Company updated and expanded product to include lessons taught in the MindPlay Lifelong Learning Center ™including grammar as a tool for improving systactic processing, reading comprehension and Embedded Teacher Intelligence™ for release as My Reading Coach™ Gold
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| 2003 |
MindPlay's Lifelong Learning Center™ closed as My Reading Coach™ Gold minimized the need for ongoing teacher assistance and guidance
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| 2003 |
Company assigned exclusive territories to sales representatives
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| 2004 |
U of A independent research study of original Larrabee’s Bridge to Literacy program was published
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| 2004 |
Company officially released RAPS™ (Reading Analysis and Prescription System) product
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| 2005 |
Company signed agreement for international distribution of MindPlay products in Europe and Canada
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| 2005 |
Company released updated version of RAPS™ (Reading Analysis and Prescription System)
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| 2006 |
MindPlay released My Reading Coach Platinum™ based on field input. The new release incorporated updated graphic and grammar content, expanded reporting features, and integrated RAPS™ test components
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| 2006 |
Company introduced Spanish instruction module as and add-on feature for My Reading Coach Platinum™
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| 2006 |
MindPlay's FLRT™ (Fluent Reading Trainer) product in beta testing for future release
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| 2006 |
MindPlay's newest website is published
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| 2007 |
FLRT™ – a fluent reading trainer is released
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| 2008 |
FLRT™ newest version is released
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| 2009 |
RAPS 360™ released. This diagnostic assessment system will analyze a student's reading skills in minutes and provide a prescription to address the student's specific needs.
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| 2009 |
FLRT™ newest version is released with almost 700 stories and additional reports.
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