Riverside School

Pacing Orton-Gillingham Instruction

Pacing O-G instruction is an art and part of the learned "approach". In this session we will explore diagnostic and prescriptive practices to help us grow in our ability to pace instruction.

Interpreting Psycho-Educational Evaluations To Individualize Instruction Part 1

Learn how to read and understand Psycho-Educational evaluations and how to interpret the scores. Begin to explore the WISC-V indices and learn how to individualize O-G instruction based on students' particular strengths or weaknesses in each.

Interpreting Psycho-Educational Evaluations To Individualize Instruction Part 2

Review reading Psycho-Educational evaluations and how to interpret the scores. Explore the five WISC-V indices and learn how to individualize O-G instruction based on students' particular strengths or weaknesses in each.

Phonology and Fluency: Research and Implications for Practice

Articles about phonology and fluency from the The Reading League Journal September/October 2020 are explored, including the instructional implications for O-G Practitioners

Consonant-le Concepts: Primary to Advanced

Use the O-G Approach to teach these Consonant-le concepts: syllabication, common student errors, grammar connections, "outlaws", and spelling generalizations for /kƏl/

The Brain Basis of Dyslexia

This 2-hour course explains the regions of the brain that typically vary in those with dyslexia and how reading development is compromised by each variance. Instructional implications and signs and symptoms of dyslexia are also discussed.