Literacy Intervention

The Orton-Gillingham literacy approach is a structured, multi-sensory method for teaching literacy, effective for individuals with dyslexia and other learning difficulties.
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Components
of Orton-Gillingham

Auditory (learning through hearing)
Visual (learning through sight)
Tactile (learning through touch)
Kinesthetic (learning through movement)

Signs of Literacy
Difficulties

Difficulty with letter-sound recognition (connecting letters with their sounds)
Limited phonemic awareness skills (identifying and producing letter sounds)
Difficulty blending sounds (combining sounds to form sounds)
Reduced reading rate (slow, choppy reading)
Frequent spelling errors (several mistakes when writing)
Difficulty rhyming (understanding rhymes and word manipulation)
Avoiding reading and writing tasks

Benefits of Literacy Intervention

Enhances reading, writing, and spelling skills
Improves reading fluency and comprehension
Boosts overall confidence in literacy
Uses multiple senses (sight, sound, touch, and movement) to learn
Breaks down literacy skills into smaller steps and builds upon previously learned concepts