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Samuel Torrey Orton (October 15, 1879 – November 17, 1948) was an American physician who pioneered the study of learning disabilities. He examined the causes and treatment of dyslexia .
843-373-8111. Grades. 2–12, post-graduate. Average class size. 10. Student to teacher ratio. 1:3. The Kildonan School was a private coeducational boarding and day school in Amenia, New York for students with dyslexia and language-based learning disabilities. It offered daily one-to-one Orton-Gillingham language remediation and a college ...
Stephen Gaynor School is a member of the New York State Association of Independent Schools NYSAIS. The school uses Orton-Gillingham instruction, a multi-sensory teaching approach commonly associated with dyslexia, and is accredited by the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators.
Reading. The Orton-Gillingham approach is a multisensory phonics technique for remedial reading instruction developed in the early-20th century. It is practiced as a direct, explicit, cognitive, cumulative, and multi-sensory approach. While it is most commonly associated with teaching individuals with dyslexia, it has been used for non-dyslexic ...
Sally Burwell Childs (June 10, 1905 – January 2, 1988) was a language training specialist, with an emphasis on furthering the research on dyslexia and educating dyslexic students. [1] Childs, along with several colleagues, opened an organization to help create dyslexia awareness called The Orton Society (later renamed International Dyslexia ...
Anna Gillingham (1878–1963) was an educator and psychologist, known for her contributions to the Orton-Gillingham method for teaching children with dyslexia how to read. [1] [2] Early life and education
Career. Stillman was a teacher at the Ethical Culture School in New York when she met Anna Gillingham. [1] She began collaborating to further develop the teaching procedures of Samuel Orton, devised to help readers with dyslexia. [2] Gillingham and Stillman completed a remedial program called "The Alphabetic Method," which taught phonemes ...
School-based mental health support is one of the most effective remedies, she said. That’s where many students begin the path to treatment and find trusted adults in teachers or coaches.