Resources for Parents, Students, and Teachers:
The Carroll School
Located in Lincoln and Waltham, Massachusetts, Carroll School is a dynamic independent day school for elementary and middle school students who have been diagnosed with specific learning disabilities in reading and writing, such as dyslexia.
carrollschool.org
Summer@Carroll
Summer@Carroll is Carroll School’s unique educational summer experience designed for children with language-based learning disabilities entering grades 1-9 in the fall. Carroll’s five-week, full-day program provides specialized reading support as well as writing and math classes. Most summer students do not necessarily attend Carroll in the regular school year. Classes are formed according to age and skill level, typically with eight or fewer students in a class. Students entering grades 1-7 receive daily individualized reading and spelling tutorial in the Orton-Gillingham language approach.
summer@carroll
Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators (AOGPE)
The Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators (AOGPE) is an accrediting and certifying body dedicated to upholding the highest professional and ethical standards for the practice of the Orton-Gillingham (OG) Approach for the treatment of dyslexia. OG is an approach that prepares the practitioner to individualize instruction to meet the specific needs of each learner. One of the primary ways the Academy pursues its mission is through a practitioner Certification Program validating rigorous training standards set forth by the Academy.
www.ortonacademy.org
What Is The Orton-Gillingham Approach? (pamphlet)
A helpful information resource for parents about the Orton-Gillingham approach, from The Literacy Nest:
What Is The Orton Gillingham Approach?