Why Use the Orton-Gillingham Approach for Treating Dyslexia?
What is Dyslexia? Dyslexia is a very common learning disability known as a developmental reading disorder, affecting at least 1 in 10 children worldwide. It causes trouble reading accurately and fluently, and can also affect reading comprehension, spelling and writing. Children with dyslexia have a much harder time learning to read, as it takes away their ability to read quickly and automatically or find spoken words easily. It does not affect a child’s creativity or ingenuity, and it occurs in children with normal intelligence. Early intervention is, however, very important to catch this while children are still young in order to treat it effectively. There are 4 types of dyslexia. Phonological dyslexia. Also called dysphonetic or auditory dyslexia, people with this type have difficulty processing the sounds of individual letters and syllables and cannot match them with the written forms. Surface dyslexia. Also called dyseidetic or visual dyslexia, this type is mark