What is Orton Gillingham?

The Orton-Gillingham Approach is a direct, explicit, multisensory, structured, sequential, diagnostic, and prescriptive way to teach literacy to individuals for whom reading, writing, and spelling do not come easily, such as those with dyslexia.   -Orton Gillingham Academy

Why small group tutoring instead of just one on one?

While there are benefits to each type of tutoring, I feel that instruction is easier with a few students to increase engagement and interaction with the material. Also, playing educational games is much more fun with a group than one on one. Brenda is very experienced in reading intervention with small groups of students.

What is your fee?

Small group tutoring is $65 per 50 minute session. One on one tutoring is $80 per 50 minute session. 

Where are you located?

I have two locations. We meet in Brenda’s secure, quiet North Portland home near N. Ainsworth and Interstate. Coming soon is a location on SE Milwaukie in Sellwood.

What do you mean by Multisensory?

I use as many of the senses as possible to support learning. The more senses that are used when learning a task the more the brain is re-wired. For example, rather than just reading flashcards we can trace a word while spelling it which uses the senses of sight, hearing, speech and touch which helps re-wire the brain more than just reading them.

How do you use the arts?

Visual arts are used in writing activities to create prompts to write from. There are many ways to use paint, tissue paper, sand and more for literacy activities. Students may create their own literacy games or creative vocabulary notebooks to increase language or letter knowledge. More information on the benefits of arts integration here.

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