Education | The Right Orton-Gillingham Intervention Approach For Dyslexia Children

What is dyslexia? How dyslexia can affect our children?

Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty that can cause problems with reading, writing and spelling. It's a "specific learning difficulty", which means it causes problems with certain abilities used for learning, such as reading and writing. Unlike a learning disability, intelligence is not affected.

Credit to website : http://www.readwithdyslexia.org/5-natural-treatments-for-dyslexia/

Mouse mommy and kids MR and MH had joined the Altuz Academy Open Day and attend the Parent Education Talk to learn more about the Orton-Gillingham Approach. 

Dr Choy was patiently explained to us what is dyslexia, what is the difficulty facing by children and how the Orton-Gillingham Approach for dyslexia children.

The lack of expert instruction and proper intervention to rectify the reading problems of dyslexic children before they fall behind in traditional schooling can lead to irreparable harm, low self-esteem and a widening gap that becomes increasingly difficult to close.

This has negative societal implications and it is a crucial responsibility of parents to ensure that their dyslexic children are able to read proficiently to ensure their quality of life.

The Orton-Gillingham Approach – the highly structured evidence-based approach to teaching reading and recognized by the International Dyslexia Association (IDA), is now available in Malaysia with the opening of Altuz Academy, a premier education centre for dyslexia intervention.

All Academic Language Therapists at the academy receive the vigorous training and supervised practicum accredited by the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators (AOGPE) and IDA.

“It is critically important that remedial specialists, educators and teachers working with dyslexic students be vetted, highly trained in an evidence-based approach with oversight and accountability. Literacy training should be comprehensive, accredited by an international organization and include a supervised practicum period. There should also be ongoing professional development for the sake of the children whom they work with,” said founder of Altuz Academy, Dr Choy Su-Ling.

Dr Choy, together with centre manager Yap Jo Ling, created history in the international dyslexia community by being the first two AOGPE-trained academic language therapists from Malaysia. They will continue to be observed and audited by the AOGPE to meet and maintain the high standards of teaching.

The Orton-Gillingham approach was developed in the 1920s by Dr Samuel Orton, a doctor who first discovered dyslexia, together with Anna Gillingham, a gifted teacher and psychologist. This approach has been further supported by over 100,000 scientific studies over 70 years that conclusively showed that a reading approach should include five important pillars: phonemic awareness, systematic phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

In the hands of a skilled instructor, this is a powerful instructional approach that benefits students of all ages and abilities so that learning becomes a rewarding experience. 

The key features of this approach are multisensory, sequential, incremental, cumulative, individualized, based on phonograms, and explicit.

Altuz Academy is a premier education centre offering only evidence-based and internationally recognized intervention methods for specific learning difficulties. They are the first centre in Malaysia to offer Orton-Gillingham (OG) tutoring by some of the most experienced academic language therapists from Malaysia, US and Australia, that have undergone vigorous training and practicum, and are accredited by the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators (AOGPE) and the International Dyslexia Association (IDA). Glad that this center is guided by Fellows with over 25 years of experience. Hope that children in needs able to get the correct guidance from here.

Altuz Academy offers the following services: Assessment, One-to-One Tutoring, Group Tutoring, Intensive Tutoring, and Handwriting.

The Orton-Gillingham Approach is suitable for:
- Those struggling with reading, spelling, writing, and handwriting
- Those with a family history of dyslexia
- Those formally diagnosed with a specific learning disability (dyslexia, dysgraphia, etc) and seek literacy intervention
- Those struggling with English as a second language
- Homeschoolers

Mouse mommy is wishing that this info able to make a real difference in advancing literacy in children with special needs and create awareness to all the parents who had children with dyslexia. Gambatte parents and children! More photos can click here to view.

Interested to know more about DyslexiaMalaysia: Altuz Academy - Orton-Gillingham Reading Specialist Dyslexia Children’s Academy,

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/altuzacademy/
Location : Unit 9, Level 3, Block A, Jalan Solaris, Solaris Mt Kiara, Kuala Lumpur
Email : info@altuzacademy.com
Contact number : +603-2389 2265

Reference :

1) https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dyslexia/

2) http://www.readwithdyslexia.org/6-early-signs-that-your-children-may-have-dyslexia/

3) http://www.readwithdyslexia.org/5-natural-treatments-for-dyslexia/

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