Instruction is delivered by a certified reading specialist with Orton-Gillingham training provided by IMSE.

What is Orton-Gillingham (OG) reading instruction?

Orton–Gillingham is a teaching approach that was designed to help struggling readers. It explicitly teaches the connections between letters and sounds. Many reading programs include Orton–Gillingham ideas.

Orton–Gillingham is a structured literacy approach. It introduced the idea of breaking reading and spelling down into smaller skills involving letters and sounds and then building on these skills over time.

It is a multisensory approach to teaching reading, which is a common part of effective literacy programs. This means that instructors use sight, hearing, touch, and movement to help students connect language with letters and words.

The 5 five components in this program include phonological

Awareness, Phonics/decoding, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension.

Orton-Gillingham is often used in one-on-one tutoring and in small group instruction.

Our reading specialist will cater to the program specifically to best meet your child’s needs. This may include components of Orton-Gillingham along with other methods of reading intervention. Each child’s unique needs will be addressed within a program best suited for them!