This interactive course is designed for the Orton-Gillingham (OG) or Structured Literacy (SL) educator who already has a basic understanding of the structure of the English language and wishes to learn more about the neuroscience of reading. You will leave with an in-depth understanding of phonemic proficiency, phonology, reading and spelling development, reading fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and sentence structure. You will learn practical strategies you can immediately implement.
Synchronous
Around the Block: Navigating OG and Your K-4 Literacy Block
Having a hard time fitting in all your literacy instruction? This workshop will enable you to make the most of your literacy block by balancing whole group and small group instructional time. You will learn how to maintain a perky pace to keep students engaged, as well as planning targeted small group activities. This workshop will cover progress monitoring, class-wide mastery criteria, and how to provide cumulative review as you progress through the Scope & Sequence.
Introduction to Orton-Gillingham: Classroom Educator K-2: 2025
The Orton-Gillingham (OG) Approach is the underlying foundation of all multisensory, structured literacy instruction. This course provides an overview of the structure of the English language and how to teach it sequentially and systematically. It covers teaching the OG lesson in K–2 classrooms and meets the coursework requirements for Orton-Gillingham Academy Classroom Educator Level.
Fundations®
Wilson Fundations® uses a research-based approach and teacher-friendly materials to set teachers and students up for success. Fundations® ensures that K–3 educators have everything they need to teach with a carefully-structured reading and spelling curriculum using multisensory techniques.
Updated Approaches for Neurodiversity-affirming Social Cognition
No two brains are the same. All great minds learn differently, yet we all live in the same world. This interactive workshop focuses on how to teach social cognition skills within a neurodiversity-affirming framework. You will leave with tools and strategies you can apply as soon as the next day.
Reading Comprehension and Executive Functioning
Teaching reading is rocket science! What are the inner workings of the mind, and how do they enable reading comprehension? Participants will learn about the processes that comprise executive function, how they are measured, and how they relate to reading comprehension and instruction.
