I teach middle school. Do the same programs work as well with beginning readers as they do with middle schoolers?
-------------- Original message from Hillary Marchel <march...@hawthorn73.org>: -------------- > 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 north~march...@hawthorn73.org > 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 > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: sheila eisen > > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > > > > > 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, wr...@att.net wrote: > > > >> From: wr...@att.net > >> Subject: [MOSAIC] dyslexia > >> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > >> > > >> 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 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mosaic mailing list > >> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > >> . > >> > >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > . > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > . > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. 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