Educational and Professional Opportunities
THE RUTH HARRIS TRAVEL AWARD
The Ruth Harris Travel Award has been made possible by grant from the Ruth and Louis Harris Family Foundation.
Purpose: The purpose of the Award is to help an Academy member, who would otherwise be financially unable to attend, to continue to develop his / her skills as an Orton-Gillingham practitioner by attending an Academy conference. The Award is to assist the qualifying Academy member in defraying costs associated with travel, accommodations, and conference fees.
Award Criteria: To be considered for a Travel Award first requires that a nomination come forward to the Academy from a Fellow in a one page letter of support recommending the nominee.
A nominee will be required to submit The Ruth Harris Travel Award Form (print from the link below or available from the Academy office), together with a one page resume. A nominee is encouraged to enclose a short statement as to why they should be considered for an award.
Recipients of awards will be notified by mail, and will be reimbursed upon submission of vouchered expenses.
The amount of an award may vary, from year to year.
Travel Awards are available for the Academy Conference in Charleston, South Carolina on April 29th and 30th, 2011. Persons interested in applying must have all documentation into the Academy office no later than March 1, 2011. Applicants will be advised of the Academy’s decision March 15, 2011.
Dr. Orton's Notebook
DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A PIECE OF YOUR PROFESSION'S HISTORY
Dr. Orton's Notebook
Strephosymbolia:
A "Temporal Cross Section" of the theory of reading disabilities as of July 1925
This is a facsimile of a personal notebook by Dr. Samuel T. Orton, in his own hand and illustrated by his own neurological drawings. The Notebook contains seminal ideas more fully developed in his later work.
Dr. Orton's Notebook is enriched by the addition of original comments by Albert M. Galaburda, M.D. and Drake D. Duane, M.D, both distinguished contributors to our current understanding of dyslexia; their comments provide valuable insights.
The original Notebook was a gift to the Academy by Lucia R. Karnes, Ph.D., a co-founder and Honorary Fellow of the Academy. Its publication was made possible by the Ruth and Louis S. Harris Family Foundation.
Attractively produced and 32 pages in length, the price of the Notebook is $25 (which includes handling and shipping.) Proceeds from its sale will be used to support the Academy's Library in Amenia, NY, which is open for use by Academy members.
Academy Fellow Seminar
The Schenck School, Atlanta, Georgia
October 1st & 2nd, 2010
Open to: Fellows, Fellow-In-Training,
Clinical Supervisors and Certified Practitioners
For more information:
Please contact the academy office at
845.373.8919 or ortonacademy@verizon.net.
Academy Annual Conference
Charleston South Carolina
April 29th & 30th, 2011
Trident Academy, Mt. Pleasant, SC
Featured Speakers:
Suzanne Carreker
Dr. Silvia Richardson
Marilyn Wardrop
Ronald Yoshimoto
Updated information to follow.
Application Deadlines
DATES FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS FOR ACADEMY MEMBERSHIP
Applications for membership at the Associate, Certified, and Fellow levels are reviewed twice a year. Fully completed applications received by the Academy office no later than January 10 will be considered in the first review cycle; those received no later than June 20 will be considered in the second review cycle. For required application forms see the Certification Program section of this website.
