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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.
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]
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”.
Since 2007, Stephen Gaynor School has partnered with local public schools (P.S. 84 and P.S. 166) to offer free after-school help for students who are behind in reading. In the 2023-2024 school year, Stephen Gaynor School piloted a 15-week course for P.S. 84 teachers to refine their lessons on phonics .
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.
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
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 ...