My work with students at Foster Literacy is grounded in my Orton-Gillingham training, a well-known approach that falls under the Structured Literacy umbrella.

Structured Literacy is the term adopted by the International Dyslexia Association to describe instructional approaches that follow the strongest scientific evidence about how children learn to read. It is grounded in the Science of Reading, which refers to decades of research in education, linguistics, psychology, and neuroscience that explains how the brain learns to read. This research is clear: children learn best through explicit, systematic instruction that teaches them how sounds, letters, and patterns work together.

Orton‑Gillingham (OG) is an approach to teaching that is individualized, diagnostic, and multisensory. Lessons are carefully designed and each new skill builds on what your child has already mastered. OG instruction engages sight, sound, touch, and movement to help students make strong, lasting connections between letters and sounds. This approach is effective for all learners and essential for students with dyslexia or other reading difficulties.