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Rasool D. Malik, Ed.D. is an educator  firmly committed to promoting literacy for all students.  He ultimately believes that Reading maketh a full person and that all students, though unique in potential, can be empowered to read through the use of rhymes.  He is also interested in developing students' basic Reading skills through phonemic awareness, word decoding, fluency, and comprehension.  He has done extensive research on methods of teaching Reading and is the author of several books and journal articles on the subject.

For nearly twenty  years, Dr. Malik has worked assiduously to develop a Reading program for Regular Education, Special Education, and Home School Education.  His literacy program is titled "Phonics, Rhythms, and Rhymes" which was developed to assist teachers, parents, and students in teaching and learning to read.  This Reading program is preceded by his published diagnostic "Test of Phonics Skills"  (ToPhS), a Phonics assessment that uses rhymes to test students' word knowledge and  word inventory.   The award winning Reading program "Phonics, Rhythms, & Rhymes" is comprised of 15 books, first published in 1997 and revised in 2004.  He has developed this website in an effort to ensure that as many students, parents, and teachers as possible (both nationally and globally) have access to this program.

Furthermore, Dr. Malik's research involves the areas of language and literacy acquisition and the development of instructional materials and software which has been presented to the International Reading Association.  His research interests also includes literacy development in young children, special and early childhood education, child development, and assessment implementation of intervention programs for students at risk of academic failure.  He has extensive research experience in the area of reading and language development, phonological and orthographic awareness, and assessment of  reading disabilities.  Beyond research, Dr. Malik has been involved in the development of a range of educational technology and materials.  He is an authority on early education and a national advocate for improved and expanded training for practitioners who teach and care for young children.  His work includes preparing teachers and teacher educators to work in heterogeneous classrooms in the development of literacy among learners with special needs, and the use of literacy across the school day.   He is the author of "Phonics for Elementary Teachers:  A Contemporay Approach" which was written to assist developing teachers prepare for teaching Reading using rhyming strategies.  He has taught children from diverse backgrounds in public school systems throughout the United States.  His prized work involves the areas of national and international issues in school effects, educational program improvement processes, compensatory educaton, and systemic and policy effects on students placed at risk.             Dr. Malik received the John R. Harris Award  from the American Readers Association in 1998.  He has an extensive teaching background and served as a Dewitt Wallace Readers Digest Fellow.  He has served on numerous advisory panels involved in direct service research with young children with emotional and developmental disabilities and their families.  He has served on  Local School Advisory Committees and noted for his work in literacy development, home school connections to support academic achievement, and processes of school change and improvement.  He was a member of the Georgia Professional Standards Committee for the development of the Praxis Certification Test.   He has published on topics of remediation of learning disabilities and instructions of diverse learners.  He has an Ed.D. from Clark Atlanta University.

Developer's Aims of the Program

Carmen Samuels, Teacher  Oak Knoll Elementary School  East Point, Georgia

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See Dr. Malik demonstrates his program at  a seminar near you