Orton-Gillingham Specialized Tutoring
In the 1930s, neurologist Dr. Samuel T. Orton and educator Anna Gillingham developed the Orton-Gillingham approach, a powerful method for helping students with dyslexia improve their reading skills. This approach combines multi-sensory techniques with a structured understanding of the English language, teaching important elements like phonemes, morphemes, and common spelling rules.
What makes Orton-Gillingham truly special is its multi-sensory approach, engaging auditory, kinesthetic, and visual learning pathways. While it’s particularly effective for students with dyslexia, this method benefits all learners, helping them strengthen their dominant learning styles while reinforcing the others. It’s flexible enough to be used in one-on-one tutoring, small groups, or even large classroom settings, and works well for students of all ages and abilities.
The misconception is that Orton-Gillingham is only for reading remediation, but its impact goes far beyond that. By tapping into each student’s individual learning strengths, we’re able to help students thrive—not just in reading, but across all subjects.
The Orton-Gillingham Approach: A Reading Strategy That Works
Here’s what makes this approach so effective for students:
The Orton-Gillingham Approach emphasizes:
At Servidio Education Solutions, we believe that reading comprehension and fluency are just as important as decoding skills. While many Orton-Gillingham programs focus heavily on decoding, they often overlook the vital skills of comprehension and fluency. This gap can become a bigger challenge down the road, as students may master decoding but fall behind in other key reading areas. Our mission is to ensure that your child becomes a well-rounded reader—strong in comprehension, fluency, and decoding.
