Any teachers trained in Orton-Gillingham?

REOM

Any opinions?

I am taking the course this summer.

Thanks

REOM

-auntie-:

I'm not a teacher, but Orton-Gillingham changed my son's life. He has severe dyslexia and spent 2 1/2 years at The Lewis School  and today is an honor student in high school. He tests as Advanced in the state's NCLB testing.

The summer course is a nice introduction, but the best teachers at Lewis all had Orton as a major in college. I think Columbia has a program. DS had a much older reading specialist (I think she was 87 at the time) who took her degree in phonics. Can you imagine?

Wow, 87? Just think what her teacher education and early classes were like

Columbia Teacher's College is the foremost in teacher ed. I attended a workshop there and was awestruck the entire time.

With the move towards inclusion, our district is sending mainstream teachers to the Orton training. Really, it can benefit all students. I am very interested in the approach b/c I think a lot of students in the younger grades have special needs that haven't been determined yet. And some, especially sensory processing disorders, are sometimes never diagnosed. 

I am glad to hear that the approach was successful for your DS!  Sounds like he is doing really well.

mskolman

This is all very interesting to me as a first grade teacher. My passion is teaching reading, and of course I have many kids in first grade who are not labeled yet and could benefit from specialized instruction. I also had a kiddo 2 years ago that had major issues with reading even with my very individualized approach. In a networking meeting we found out dad was dyslexic and that's when the light went on for me that the son probably did too. I tried to get the parents to realize that their child was probably dyslexic based on the reading behaviors I noticed, but they were like, well, what are you gonna do about it? I researched to no end and read about the Orton method. But, I realized I really needed to be trained, it is not something you can just read about and do. 

Long story short, the kid is going to be in third grade next year and is still reading at a beginning of first grade level. He made progress in my class, but made absolutely no progress in second grade. I still worry about him all the time and I told the parents that if they don't get help for their son, he is going to be in fourth grade and still reading at a first grade level. Next year that could be the case. Our school did test him for special education, but of course he didn't qualify. He is a smart kid and is very sociable and friendly. It just breaks my heart that our system and his parents and not getting him what he needs. He gets so frustrated with reading and is doesn't have to be that way. I still wish I could have done more. 

mommyof4boys

I was trained somewhat in it about 10 years ago.  I was also trained in Wilson and am going to be done next with my Master's in Reading and will be a Reading specialist.