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The Institute of Education Sciences (the independent, non-partisan statistics, research, and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education), describes the approach as follows: "Orton-Gillingham is a broad, multisensory approach to teaching reading and spelling that can be modified for individual or group instruction at all reading levels.
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. [5]
Marburn Academy is a non-profit independent day school for students in grades 1– 12 school in New Albany, Ohio. The school was created in 1981 as an alternative for gifted students who have ADHD or dyslexia. [5] The school is one of 18 accredited Orton-Gillingham schools in the United States. [6]
Today, Trident Academy focuses solely on students with diagnosed language-based learning differences. Today, Trident Academy is 1 of only 14 schools in the United States that is accredited by the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators and one of the few learning differences schools on the southeast coast.
The school uses the Preventing Academic Failure (PAF) reading program developed by Phyllis Bertin and Eileen Perlman, which focuses on reading, spelling and handwriting using Orton-Gillingham instruction (multisensory method developed to teach reading to children with dyslexia). Scholarships are available for students whose families cannot ...
Touch-type Read and Spell is a computer program that uses the Orton-Gillingham Method to teach phonics and typing. [1] It is a multi-sensory approach. Keyboarding lessons present words on the screen, play them aloud and provide visual cues of the intended hand movements. The program is multi-step and focuses on accuracy over speed.
During this time (1935-1937) Stillman worked and studied with Gillingham at the Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii. [5] [6] [7] There they trained and collaborated with Beth Slingerland, [8] [4] who adapted the Orton-Gillingham method also called the Orton-Gillingham-Stillman Method, [9] for use in classrooms. The method involves teaching ...
In 2010 Greengate School received accreditation from the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS), the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators (see Orton-Gillingham). Greengate is one of only 14 schools in the country accredited by the Orton-Gillingham Academy ...