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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.
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 ...
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).
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
While in Hawaii, she worked with Anna Gillingham and Bessie Stillman on a multisensory method to help dyslexics learn to read. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In the late 1940s she became the coordinator of a language disability program in the Renton, Washington [ 3 ] school district where she worked until 1965.
The school is one of 18 accredited Orton-Gillingham schools in the United States. [ 6 ] In January 2017, Marburn Academy moved from Forest Park East , Columbus, to a new location at 9555 Johnstown Road, New Albany, Ohio 43054.
Looking at sources cited, I find publications by IMSE and other groups that sell Orton-Gillingham training, or redlinks. This article should instead rely on research concerning the efficacy of this method, e.g. on Google Scholar. It was not enthusiastic: "Given the small number of studies, the lack of methodological rigor of the existing ...
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 . Career