Therapeutic Language Consulting at Fortune Academy

Orton-Gillingham Training – Associate Level. This 80 hour course covers all the basic curricular components designed to transfer to a 1:1 teaching. The comprehensive training focuses on the multisensory principles of teaching as well as current research-based language instruction designed to integrate reading with spelling and writing. The class content includes phonological awareness, the history, and structure of the English language, phonology, syllable types and division patterns, introduction to morphology, spelling rules, and generalizations, and the neurological underpinnings of dyslexia. Trainees further gain practice interpreting testing, and planning/delivering individualized diagnostic and prescriptive lessons. This course is vetted by IDOE’s early literacy requirements.

Practicum: A 100 hour practicum is required with a minimum of 10 supervised observations after the completion of the coursework. The practicum fee is included in the course fee.

Prerequisite: Bachelor’s Degree, completion of the OGA Online Subscriber Course before the first class
Fellow: Janet George, ATFC/OGA, Jamie Sellhorn, FIT/OGA