I could not agree more! Orton is the way to go from a professional
point of view ( read Shaywitz's Book ) and from a personal view ( one
of my sons has Dyslexia). And as an added bonus...........It will also
improve your teaching. Your focus should be to aim at helping the
specific learning problem of your student. It is important to teach
your students using all the senses: hearing, touching, writing, and
speaking. To remediate dyslexia, studies have found that a program
that is based on Orton-Gillingham is the best. This approach goes back
to the very basics; teaching individual sounds, blends, rules, etc. It
is multi-sensory and repetitive.
Sound Reading is a program that works well to correct the glitches in
auditory processing that make reading so hard for dyslexic students.
By building up the basic auditory processing skills like phonemic
awareness, students learn the skills they need to learn. You can find
more about Sound Reading at www.SoundReading.com and more about
phonics instruction under the "How It Works tab."
Other programs are the Wilson & Barton Programs. Most Wilson programs
are done by trained teachers in the schools, whereas the Barton Method
is usually done by trained tutors (outside of school). There are many
other fine programs out there, A Reading Program for Overcoming
Dyslexia, by Cheryl Orlassino. This is a very affordable Orton-
Gillingham based program that can be done at home by an untrained
parent or a teacher wanting to learn how to teach her "students with
dyslexia." www.help4dyslexia.com for more information. The book costs
about 39.00. The student with Dyslexia is a very visual learner. And
one does not overcome Dyslexia one learns to live with it. Hope this
helps.
Hillary Marchel~Reading Specialist
Elementary [email protected]
Doceo, ergo sum. I have my path
On Oct 25, 2009, at 8:23 AM, Kathy Jankins wrote:
I've tried the overlays and I think blue works the best, but it is
not something that is going to help all that much. I wouldn't run
out and buy them. As you've mentioned, the research isn't there to
determine how effective they actually are. I think it's also
important to remember that it is a brain disorder and while there
are many who are now questioning whether or not it exists, brain
imaging clearly shows that it does. The only somewhat effective
approach to teaching dyslexic children is to use Orton Gillingham or
Wilson and even then we need to remember this is something that
cannot be magically fixed at the present time.
Kathy
Reading Specialist from Massachuesetts
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From: sheila eisen <[email protected]>
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]
>
Sent: Sat, October 24, 2009 11:38:57 PM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] dyslexia
The colored sheets are available from Irlen Institute and they are
used to correct visual difficulties called scotopic sensitivity.
This hasn't (I believe) been proven to correct the "letters moving"
on the page. The most common colored overlay is blue, but they also
come in various other shades, like yellows, roses, greens, etc. You
could probably find report covers that would work as well and be
much cheaper. It's basically a trial-and-error method to determine
the correct color.
Sheila
--- On Sat, 10/24/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: [MOSAIC] dyslexia
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]
>
Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 3:30 PM
I have a student who probably has
dyslexia. According to our school psych, my state does
not recognize dyslexia as a learning disability, so this
student will not get any help from special ed. She
really needs help with reading.
I remember years ago hearing that see-through plastic
sheets in different colors can help students with dyslexia
read. Do you know anything about this?
If this is really true, where can I buy some of those
plastic sheets for her to try out?
Thanks!
Jan
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