ABRACADABRA has been based on the research evidence related to early literacy instruction e.g. the National Reading Panel's report (1999 & 2000) as well as our own research on ABRA, coupled with valuable feedback from language arts consultants and educators. ABRA is the result of a concerted effort from a whole bunch of people!

Our current multi-disciplinary team consists of:
Dr. Philip Abrami (Director, CSLP), Anne Wade (Manager, CSLP), Bev White (Director, LEARN)

CSLP Designers: Catherine LeBel (Creative Director), Sebastien Rainville, Jonathan Harding, Jeong-Jea Hwang, Mimi Zhou, and Dehua Zhang

CSLP Instructional Designers: Einat Idan

Researchers: Dr. Larysa Lysenko (Research Coordinator), Drs. Robert Savage (McGill University) Eileen Woods (Wilfrid Laurier University), Noella Piquette-Tomei (U. of Lethbridge), Linda Siegel (U. of British Columbia), Catherine Adams (U. of Alberta), Mary Ann Evans (Guelph U.), Susan Wastie (CSI/CASPLA), Monique Brodeur (UQAM), Tess Lea (Charles Darwin University); Susan Emmett (Charles Darwin University)

Trainers: Vanitha Pillay; English school board language arts consultants and local RECIT

Special thanks to the following individuals and organizations for their invaluable input: Members of the LTK Advisory board (formerly the ABRA Steering Committee); the English and French Language Arts consultants from the English school boards; the LEARN P-Team Portfolio Sub-committee; and all the teachers and students from our research schools within the English Montreal, Sir Wilfred Laurier, Lester B. Pearson, Riverside, Central Quebec, Eastern Shores and Eastern Townships schools boards (QC).

We would also like to acknowledge the contributors to earlier versions of the software and/or to the project, including: CSLPers – Gia Deleveaux, Erin Comaskey, Geoff Hipps, Denise Silverstone, Micha Therrien, Benoit Danis, Vladimir Severgine, Lindsay Bernath, Catherine Rocheleau, Andrea Cooperberg, and Ane Jorgensen. Their earlier input has significantly impacted the current version of the software.

And most of all... thank you to our funders! The development of ABRA was made possible because of financial contributions from: Industry Canada’s SchoolNet Program, the Norshield Foundation, the Inukshuk Fund, Valorisation – Recherche Québec, Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC), Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport du Québec (MELS), le centre de transfert pour le réussite éducative du Québec (CTREQ), the Chawkers Foundation, the Canadian Council on Learning; the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network; Max Bell Foundation, LEARN and for the Australian version – the Telstra Foundation.

Terminology related to the QEP was selected from the QEP French-English Lexicon. (2007, April 10). Montréal (Québec): MELS. DPLA - SSCA.

© 2011 – Version 2.6. All rights reserved.  The software may not be used without the written permission of the CSLP.  Not for sale or re-sale.