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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.
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
Slingerland's classroom adaptation of the Orton-Gillingham system is called the Slingerland Screening for Identifying Children with Specific Language Disability, [7] [8] or the 'Slingerland Method' for short. [9] [10] The test screens to identify language disabilities [11] and is divided into eight subtests. [12]
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 preparatory curriculum for students in grades 2-12 and PG (post-graduate).
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 ...
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]
In 2020, Fraser Academy expanded community outreach services for learners, educators, and the community at large. In addition to Orton-Gillingham tutoring, remedial math, executive function coaching, and NILD Educational Therapy, became available to children from any school.
While she was vice-president, Childs established the Anna Gillingham Fund, a fund to acknowledge Anna Gillingham's contributions to education and to help fund teacher training of dyslexic students. Sally was also the recipient of the 1973 Samuel T. Orton Award, for her “outstanding work in the field of specific language disabilities”.