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How are you able to implement Orton-Gillingham in your classroom? or what method do you use?[/quote]

I use a variety of methods, depending on what's in a child's IEP or what their age, and profile call for.

I've used Orton-Gillingham in the past but don't currently have any students for whom it's the best fit.  For kids with dyslexia as their core disability, my go to choice for phonics programs is Phonographix for Pk-1st, and the Wilson Reading System beyond that.   Wilson is heavily OG influenced, Phonographix less so.  Whatever I choose, I also pull from other resources.  I might, for example, do a Phonographix type mapping activity, but draw on the keywords from Wilson to help kids make connections.  Or I might use some of the materials or concepts from Lindamood LiPs to help a child make the connections between what his articulators are doing and the sounds he hears.

As to "how" I implement it.  Again, it depends on their IEP.  Some kids need small amounts of intervention, paced to keep up with the gen ed curriculum.  For them, this might mean a second dose of phonics a few times a week, with activities and methods chosen to (this is one reason I like Fundations, it meshes well with the program used in gen ed, and the materials aren't so tightly sequenced, so you can flex it to match the classroom instruction).  Some kids need an alternative curriculum to replace the phonics program in the classroom, or continue phonics after it ends in 3rd grade.  They might receive Wilson or another intervention 1:1 or in a small group 3 to 5 times a week, usually in a pull out setting, although sometimes in a push in setting, but attend the rest of the reading block in their classroom with modifications and support.  Some kids have reading disabilities that are significant enough that their entire reading curriculum needs to be modified or replaced.  They generally spend their reading and/or writing block out of the classroom, or in a co-taught (gen ed/special ed classroom) receiving small group instruction with the principals of Wilson or whatever phonics curriculum they're using woven throughout all the activities they do.  [/quote]

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