Yoshimoto Orton Gillingham 40 Hour Basic Course 

Yoshimoto Orton-Gillingham Approach (YOG-A) 40 hour Training 
This five-day O.G. training will focus on a data-driven, clinical, multisensory, phonetic, teacher-guided Yoshimoto Orton Gillingham approach to teaching reading, writing, and spelling in whole classroom, small group, and one-to-one settings. Upon completing this course, participants will have acquired the skills necessary to fully implement this Science of Reading, data-driven solution for teaching reading to all students.  Teachers implementing the Yoshimoto method with fidelity are demonstrating consistent and significant growth that is being replicated across the U.S. and internationally.  Perhaps more significant is that teachers love the course, the materials, and the success they are seeing in their classrooms and interventions.

The course will cover the three levels of decoding and spelling: letter/sound, syllable, and an introduction to the concept of morphology. Introductory morphology emphasizes increasing vocabulary for all children -- general and special education students. This results in students having all the necessary skills required to read and comprehend -- the goal for quality reading instruction. Further, the system supports outcomes within the Common Core. We also discuss Dyslexia, the reading brain, and early and ongoing identification of struggling students.

All materials needed for implementation of the full program are included in the cost of the course. 

Extensive additional materials are provided, including a flash drive with about 6,000 printable worksheets for practice with syllabication, letters/sounds, spelling rules and generalizations, fluency, writing, beginning decodable stories, learning games, and much more.  With each session, we also provide links to research articles, free assessments, and other interesting materials.

For whom is the O.G. approach appropriate?
The O.G. approach is appropriate for classrooms, small groups, and individuals, from primary to elementary, intermediate, secondary, college, and adult basic education learners. This class is designed specifically for kindergarten, primary, elementary and middle school classroom teachers, tutors, paraprofessionals, reading specialists, special ed teachers, and home-school parents.

Multisensory
O.G. teaching sessions are action oriented with auditory, visual, and kinesthetic elements reinforcing each other; spelling is simultaneously taught with reading.

Structured, Sequential, Cumulative
Teaching proceeds from phonemic awareness, phonics, syllable types, syllable division rules, spelling, vocabulary, fluency, sentence structure, composition, and reading comprehension, with activities for writing, critical thinking, and more.

Data-Driven, Flexible, Cognitive
O.G. is data-driven, diagnostic-prescriptive teaching at its best. The teacher designs and implements lessons based on the data gathered from the individual student and/or the classroom group.  The instruction is designed to meet the needs of the students and paced to ensure the level of mastery that supports ongoing success for all students.  Further, the method includes targeted interventions for students who require more repetitions or intensity. The teacher always seeks to understand how an individual learns and devises appropriate teaching strategies using students' strengths while improving their weaknesses.

This comprehensive course is fully hands on and interactive.  The goal is to have as much interaction and practice implementing the approach as possible; so, we facilitate that with small group breakouts and lots of instructor interaction. 

This is not an asynchronous class. You must attend each day of the course sequentially in order to attend the next day.  Should you need to miss a day you will need to reschedule to maintain the continuity of the training.

All materials required for full implementation of the program are included in the cost of the course.  See more details on our website.

Certificate of Attendance or Graduate Credit Certificates of attendance are provided to all participants. Graduate Credit is also available by separate registration with Adams State University.  Registration details will be provided during class.

Paying by purchase order?
Register each participant separately using the by check option and follow registration instructions on the form.

Contact 

Elenn Steinberg, Director
Orton Gillingham International, Inc. 
720-778-0300
elenn@ortongillinghaminternational.org