Thanks to the Lutheran Association for Special Education for inviting me back to present another workshop on Orton-Gillingham. We spent the afternoon taking an indepth look at syllables and syllable structure from an Orton-Gillingham focus. After learning more about how to approach teaching the concepts, everyone got to practice with … Continue reading >
Thanks to the Lutheran Association for Special Education for inviting me to present a workshop on Orton-Gillingham at their professional development meeting. They learned about the underlying principles that define the Orton-Gillingham approach and why they are so important when working with students with dyslexia. Then they took a hands-on tour through an Orton-Gillingham … Continue reading >
Thanks to everyone who attended my workshop at the Children’s Dyslexia Center in Belleville, IL on incorporating multi-sensory components into working with syllables and syllable types! One of the cornerstones of the Orton-Gillingham methodology is to incorporate multi-sensory activities into the lesson. This is especially important when working with abstract terms like … Continue reading >
