What is Dyslexia?
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a languaged-based disability.
Individuals with dyslexia are those who, despite traditional classroom teaching, have failed to master the basic elements of the language system of their culture. Since language is the necessary tool upon which subsequent academic learning is based, such persons often encounter difficulty in all ed
Dyslexia is a languaged-based disability.
Individuals with dyslexia are those who, despite traditional classroom teaching, have failed to master the basic elements of the language system of their culture. Since language is the necessary tool upon which subsequent academic learning is based, such persons often encounter difficulty in all educational endeavors.
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Signs of Dyslexia
Family Members with Reading Difficulty
Problems with Letters/Sounds
Memorizing Number Facts
Recalling Letters and/or Words
Problems with Spelling
The Orton-Gillingham Approach
The Orton-Gillingham Approach
Direct
Explicit
Multisensory
Structured
Sequential
Diagnostic & Prescriptive
It is not a curriculum or program.
Using the OG Approach, we can develop a scope and sequence specific to your child's needs and goals.
Signs of Dyslexia
Preschool & Early Years
Kindergarten & 1st Grade
Kindergarten & 1st Grade
- Family history of dyslexia
- Trouble rhyming
- Difficulting learning and recalling letter names and sounds
- Cannot recognize rhyming patterns: sit, bit, kit
Kindergarten & 1st Grade
Kindergarten & 1st Grade
Kindergarten & 1st Grade
- Cannot decode words
- Does not associate letters with sounds
- Reading is "hard"
2nd Grade & High School
Kindergarten & 1st Grade
2nd Grade & High School
- Very slow reading
- Guesses at unfamiliar words
- Mispronunciation of multisyllabic words
- Needs extra time for reading and comprehension