Ruth, thank you for your comments. I am grateful for the success you witnessed and were able to teach in OG. Many are successful with OG, however, the complexity of LD is that for many OG is not enough. This is why I have found Arrowsmith so helpful. It goes beyond OG and targets more areas of the brain. My OG students often had difficulty with math, dysgraphia, attention, working memory and auditory processing. Thus, when OG was/is combined with Arrowsmith, the students are able to function without accommodations.
As a parent of a daughter with dyslexia, getting a diagnosis can be a long road. With educators not willing to test. It took a private psychologist to get a diagnosis and still a battle to get the school to help. I then took training in the Orton-Gillingham method and heard similar stories to my own as well as what you have written. Two of the students I tutored thru the program have successful careers as an elementary teacher and a RN/paramedic. My daughter has a successful career as a Librarian and HR director. Do they still have struggles? Yes, but giving strategies to learn has helped make each successful.
Ruth, thank you for your comments. I am grateful for the success you witnessed and were able to teach in OG. Many are successful with OG, however, the complexity of LD is that for many OG is not enough. This is why I have found Arrowsmith so helpful. It goes beyond OG and targets more areas of the brain. My OG students often had difficulty with math, dysgraphia, attention, working memory and auditory processing. Thus, when OG was/is combined with Arrowsmith, the students are able to function without accommodations.
As a parent of a daughter with dyslexia, getting a diagnosis can be a long road. With educators not willing to test. It took a private psychologist to get a diagnosis and still a battle to get the school to help. I then took training in the Orton-Gillingham method and heard similar stories to my own as well as what you have written. Two of the students I tutored thru the program have successful careers as an elementary teacher and a RN/paramedic. My daughter has a successful career as a Librarian and HR director. Do they still have struggles? Yes, but giving strategies to learn has helped make each successful.