Vicki Asher

Certified Orton Gillingham Tutors-Orton Gillingham Academy @ Horizon Academy

Rate: $85 Available For: Private Tutoring, Online

Roeland Park, Kansas

Horizon Academy offers on-site tutoring in Roeland Park, KS, and online, one-on-one tutoring sessions using the Orton-Gillingham Approach. Orton-Gillingham (O-G) is an instructional approach primarily designed for individuals who have difficulty with reading, spelling, and writing due to challenges associated with dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities. This multisensory approach is diagnostic, prescriptive, systematic, structured, and personalized, tailored to meet the unique needs of each learner.

All of our Orton-Gillingham interventionists have been trained in the approach by a Fellow from the Orton-Gillingham Academy and continue to work under the Fellow’s guidance to ensure the quality of service provided.

Experience :

• Tutors have 1-20 years of experience and are certified at the Associates' Level through OGA. They have had 60-70 hours of classroom education--practical and theoretical-- have undergone a practicum, and are supervised by a Fellow through the Academy.

Education :

• All of our tutors have a minimum of a Bachelor's degree and many have Master's degrees.

Orton-Gillingham Training Information :

• All of our tutors are trained through the Orton-Gillingham Academy at the Associate Level.