If your child struggles with reading, spelling, or dyslexia, you may have heard the term Orton-Gillingham.
But what exactly does it mean?
Orton-Gillingham Is an Approach
Orton-Gillingham (often called OG) is a structured approach to literacy instruction.
It is direct, explicit, multisensory, structured, sequential, diagnostic, and prescriptive.
Rather than asking a struggling reader to simply practice more, instruction explicitly teaches how written language works.
What Does Multisensory Mean?
Students engage different pathways while learning.
For example, they may:
See a letter
Say its sound
Hear the sound
Write or manipulate letters
Blend sounds together to read words
Break words into sounds for spelling
Is Orton-Gillingham Only for Dyslexia?
OG is particularly associated with supporting learners who have difficulty with reading, writing, and spelling, including students with dyslexia.
Instruction is individualized based on what the learner already knows and what they need to learn next.
Why Is Explicit Reading Instruction Important?
Reading doesn't come easily to every child.
For struggling readers, systematically teaching connections between sounds, letters, syllables, words, and language structures can make reading feel much less mysterious.
Reading Support With GET
At Global Education Therapy, we understand that internationally mobile families may have difficulty finding consistent English-language reading intervention as they move between schools and countries.
Our educational intervention services help children build foundational literacy skills while providing families with continuity across international moves.
If your child is struggling with reading, don't wait for them to simply "catch up." Understanding why they're struggling is the first step toward finding the right support.
