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The AIM Institute for Learning & Research® is making literacy a priority across our communities providing professional training, partnering with researchers to put evidence-based best practices in the field of literacy to work.
Programs & Research
At AIM, we form strategic partnerships to transform schools by connecting top researchers and practitioners with educators in the field to develop powerful new learning approaches and make them part of teachers' best practices.
Professional Training
From Wilson Language Training® opportunities to programs in other research-based methodologies, content in every professional development program AIM offers aligns with current best practices and is based on the most up-to-date research. Offerings—both on-site and online—constantly evolve to incorporate new findings.
Resources
More than 6,000 professionals and parents have participated in AIM Institute programming and access to experts opportunities. Our content and programming resources reflect the expertise of world-renowned researchers and experts in the field of early literacy and learning differences
AIM Pathways™
Literacy Instruction in a Revolutionary Platform. AIM PATHWAYS™ provides easy to access, evidence-based learning opportunities for teachers to benefit struggling readers.

Research Advisory Board

AIM believes that collaboration between the research and practice community is essential to providing high quality teaching and learning environments for both professionals and students. Since we opened our doors, we have been honored to have a Research Advisory Board willing to share research findings and promising educational practices with us. They have also been integral in supporting the development of AIM Academy as an exemplar school in the field of learning differences and the AIM Institute as a leader in professional literacy learning and research.

Our advisory board members have a variety of specialties all key to supporting education and training grounded in the Science of Reading. These fields include: implementation science, which is a key feature of AIM's Integrated Literacy Model and the fidelity tools for our AIM Pathways course; cognitive development, psychology, neuroscience, education, and communication sciences.

Dr. Daniel Berch — Daniel Berch, Ph.D.
Professor of Special Education and Applied Developmental Science and Senior Advisor to the Dean, University of Virginia Curry School of Education

Dr. Kate Cain — Kate Cain, BSc. DPhil.
Language and Cognitive Development, Lancaster University, United Kingdom

Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan, Ed.D. Image — Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan, Ed.D.
Director, Valley Speech Language and Learning Center

Dr. Don Compton — Donald L. Compton, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Education,
Florida Center for Reading Research,
Florida State University

Dr. Michelle Duda — Michelle Duda, Ph.D., BCBA-D
President, Implementation Scientists, LLC

Linnea Ehri, Ph.D Image — Linnea Ehri, Ph.D
Distinguished Professor Emerita, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Dr. Steven Graham — Steven Graham, Ed.D.
Mary Emily Warner Professor, Arizona State University, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

Nancy Hennessy — Nancy Hennessy, M.Ed.
Educational Consultant, Author of The Reading Comprehension Blueprint

Katharine Pace Miles, Ph.D. Image — Katharine Pace Miles, Ph.D.
Early Literacy Development, Asst. Professor , Brooklyn College, CUNY

Dr. Ken Pugh — Ken Pugh, Ph.D.
Director and President of Research, Senior Scientist, Haskins Laboratories, Yale University

Hollis Scarborough — Hollis Scarborough, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Haskins Laboratories,
Yale University

Dr. Julie Washington — Julie Washington, Ph.D.
Professor and Program Director in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Georgia State University

Barbara Wilson, M.Ed.
Author and Co-Founder, Wilson® Language Training

Jason Yeatman Image — Jason Yeatman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education and Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Stanford University