The Orton-Gillingham method is a language therapy designed for children with dyslexia, focusing on phonics to improve reading and spelling skills. It offers a multisensory and individualized approach for children aged 3 to 18, using structured exercises in phonemic awareness, morphology, and written expression. Class in Session in Toronto provides one-to-one Orton-Gillingham tutoring for children with dyslexia and other learning disabilities.

1. ORTON GILLINGHAM TUTORING

2. ORTON GILLINGHAM
ORTON-GILLINGHAM IS A TYPE OF LANGUAGE
THERAPY THAT IS USED TO HELP CHILDREN WITH
DYSLEXIA, TYPICALLY THOSE BETWEEN THE AGES OF
3 AND 18.

3. DYSLEXIA IS A LEARNING DISABILITY THAT PRESENTS
ITSELF IN DIFFICULTY WITH READING AND SPELLING.
IN THIS ASSESSMENT, YOU WILL BE TESTED ON
YOUR ABILITY TO IDENTIFY LETTERS AND WORDS,
TO READ ALOUD AND SPELL.

4. THE TREATMENT WAS DEVELOPED BY HELEN SMITH
ORTON AND ANNA GILLINGHAM IN THE 1930S. THE
THERAPY FOCUSES ON TEACHING CHILDREN TO
READ AND WRITE USING PHONICS.

5. THE ORTON-GILLINGHAM METHOD TEACHES
STUDENTS HOW TO DECODE WORDS BY BREAKING
THEM INTO SYLLABLES AND THEN BLENDING THE
SOUNDS TOGETHER TO MAKE WORDS.

6. THIS METHOD ALSO HELPS STUDENTS LEARN HOW
TO SPELL BY LOOKING AT WORD PATTERNS AND
IDENTIFYING LETTERS OR GROUPS OF LETTERS THAT
MAKE UP EACH SOUND IN A WORD.

7. THE ORTON-GILLINGHAM APPROACH IS BASED ON A
MULTISENSORY, STRUCTURED LANGUAGE
PROGRAM THAT EMPHASIZES AN INDIVIDUALIZED
APPROACH TO TEACHING READING AND WRITING
SKILLS TO CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA OR OTHER
LANGUAGE-BASED LEARNING DISABILITIES (LLD).

8. IT RELIES ON A SEQUENTIAL SET OF CAREFULLY
SEQUENCED EXERCISES THAT PROVIDE SYSTEMATIC
INSTRUCTION IN PHONEMIC AWARENESS, PHONICS,
MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, SEMANTICS, AND WRITTEN
EXPRESSION.

9. CLASS IN SESSION PROVIDES ONE-TO-ONE ORTON
GILLINGHAM TUTORING IN TORONTO WHICH IS
HELPFUL FOR CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA, OR OTHER
SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES THAT IMPACT
READING. IF YOUR CHILD STRUGGLES WITH THIS
PROBLEM, CLASS IN SESSION IS THERE FOR YOU.

10. CONTACT US
CALL US: +1 416-477-2262
WEBSITE: WWW.CLASSINSESSION.CA
EMAIL: INFO@CLASSINSESSION.CA
ADDRESS: 2069 DANFORTH AVE, TORONTO, ON M4C
1J8, CANADA