What exactly is the role of decodable text in literacy acquisition?

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with the fabulous Jennie Roberts Creason from Carolina Orton-Gillingham to explore this topic. Teaching reading to students is not as simple as it sounds, and Orton-Gillingham may be the perfect approach to help your students reach their goals. 

With over 16 years of educational experience, Jennie began her career teaching second and third grades (teaching in public and private schools) and has over 10 years of classroom experience. She has an M. Ed as a Reading Specialist, and is a certified Orton-Gillingham instructor and an IDA certified Dyslexia Practitioner. She currently teaches Foundational Literacy at the collegiate level and runs a successful tutoring business that’s served over 200 students in grades K through 12. Their services provide targeted 1:1 support for students in all content areas, as well as Orton-GIllingham, a highly effective approach to reading remediation.

Topics covered in this episode include:

• What Orton-Gillingham is and how it helps teach language to struggling readers
• The nuts and bolts of the philosophy of this method 
• What to do if you struggle to teach students to read
• The difference between the Wilson approach and Orton-Gillingham
• The power of decoding words and how it helps with long-term memory storage

Jennie shares tons of valuable tips that we can use as SLPs so this is a must-listen episode! 

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/172

Resources Mentioned: 

Visit Jennie’s website: https://carolinaortongillingham.com/

Follow Jennie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolina_ortongillingham/

Follow Jennie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarolinaOrtonGillingham

Visit the Ready Reader Decodables website: https://readyreaderdecodables.com/

Check out Jennie’s TpT Store: ​​https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Carolina-Orton-gillingham

Where We Can Connect: 

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