📖 Orton-Gillingham Reading📖

What is Orton-Gillingham Reading?

Orton-Gillingham is a structured, multisensory approach to teaching reading, designed especially for students with dyslexia.

What Makes It Different?

This approach is:

• Explicit (nothing is assumed)

• Sequential (skills build step-by-step)

• Multisensory (students see, say, hear, and write)

What Skills Will My Child Learn?

• Phonics and decoding

• Spelling and encoding

• Reading fluency

• Comprehension

What Does a Lesson Look Like?

• Review

• New concept

• Guided practice

• Reading and writing application

Why is It Effective?

It teaches the brain how to process language correctly, not just memorize words.

📖 Why Choose Orton-Gillingham Reading at SHLA?

At SHLA, Orton-Gillingham is delivered with expertise and intention.

Your child receives:

• Instruction from a CALT-trained therapist

• A proven, research-based approach

• Multisensory lessons that stick

• Teaching tailored to their exact needs

We don’t guess—we use a method that is proven to work for struggling readers.