Courses

-$595.00  30-40 hours

The Orton Gillingham Basic Language Course for Older Students is appropriate for those who teach older students. This may mean upper elementary, middle school, high school, or even adults who have gaps in their foundational literacy skills. We often get questions from people who are interested in learning basic language using the Orton Gillingham approach, however, because their students are older, the primary approach that caters to kindergarteners through third graders is not appropriate for this population. This course teaches foundational language by incorporating advanced language structures that will prepare the older students for the literacy rich texts to which they are often exposed. For example, if an older student needs to learn the short vowel sounds, teaching them the words, cat, web, sip, jog, or mud as we do in basic language is too primary and is often disrespectful to them at their age and ability. Instead, our new basic language course for older students will prepare teachers to teach the short vowel sounds by embedding morphology. The older student can learn that short o says /ŏ/, as in the prefix con, and the short u says /ŭ/, as in the root word struct. This knowledge enables them to put the morphemes together to scoop and blend the word "construct." Exposing the older students to morphology, as well as explicitly teaching them the primary phonemes, rules, and patterns, sets the foundation to successfully moving forward with advance language, which is what most adults use on a daily basis, particularly in the professional arenas.

Keep in mind, the Orton Gillingham Basic Language Course for Older Students is best for students grades 6+. While it covers foundational language skills often missed in the earlier grades, the lessons include morphological structures and vocabulary that would not be grade-appropriate for the younger students.

*Graduate level professional development credits are offered to those who successfully complete the course Bachelor's degree required to register for graduate credit hours.

Our Orton Gillingham Comprehensive course work is based on Orton Gillingham principles. This Basic Language Course (Level 1) for Older Students is all-inclusive and will send you on your way to teach foundational literacy skills to older students using this effective, evidence-based approach.

Included in this Course:

·      Overview of Dyslexia and the Orton Gillingham Approach

·      All components of a successful Orton Gillingham lesson for older students

·      Initial and benchmark assessments

·      Teaching resources

·      Demonstration videos

·      Unlimited access to course content

This course offers prepared PowerPoint presentations and Google Slide presentations for each of our lessons. Teachers use these resources to teach whole, small group, and one-on-one instruction.

After completion of the Orton Gillingham comprehensive course requirements, the academy will award participants with a certificate of completion.

NOTE: Immediate access to all course content is given after enrollment. Thus, all sales are final.

-$249.95

This 10-hour workshop provides a seamless transition from Level 1 Orton Gillingham curriculum to the beginning of Level 2, and is ideal for those who have completed Level 1 and are ready to move on to the next step, or those who work with older students who have had no previous Orton Gillingham exposure. This layer includes a more in-depth look at syllabication, Anglo-Saxon base words, along with the prefixes and suffixes that are commonly affixed to expand these base words. It also includes rules and patterns that align with Anglo-Saxon words. 

Included in this Workshop: 

• Overview of Dyslexia and the Orton Gillingham Approach
• Intermediate Lesson Planning Resources
• Intermediate Drill Work
• 5-Week Syllabication Unit
• 5-Week Transition Layer Lesson Plan Package 
• Demonstration Videos

*The Orton Gillingham Basic Language (Level 1) Course is a pre-requisite for this workshop. 

NOTE: Immediate access to all workshop content is given after enrollment. Thus, all sales are final.