Orton-Gillingham Training – Associate Level. This 70 hour course covers all the basic curricular components designed to transfer to a 1:1 teaching. The comprehensive training focuses on the multisensory principles of teaching as well as current research-based language instruction designed to integrate reading with spelling and writing. The class content includes phonological awareness, the history, and structure of the English language, phonology, syllable types and division patterns, introduction to morphology, spelling rules, and generalizations, and the neurological underpinnings of dyslexia. Trainees further gain practice interpreting testing, and planning/delivering individualized diagnostic and prescriptive lessons.

Practicum: A 100 hour practicum follows and can be arranged upon request.

Prerequisite: Bachelor’s Degree
Fellow: Kathleen Stewart Loftus, F/OGA