Lucille,  You make an excellent point.  I received my Orton-Gillingham 
trainer certification from the Michigan Dyslexia Institute in 1990 from Kay 
and John Howell.  At that time they were working very hard to get the O-G 
training into the curriculum of colleges and universities to no avail. 
During that time they would not listen to anything that wasn't the "whole 
language" approach. A lot has changed since the importance of phonemic 
awareness has been touted by the experts. I, too, am wondering if anything 
is being done today to get colleges and universities to offer courses that 
actually teach the concepts, principles and teaching techniques of the O-G 
approach.

Betsy S. Gauss


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lucille Cuttler" <l.cuttler at comcast.net>
To: "The Learning Disabilities Discussion List" 
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Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 11:34 PM
Subject: [LearningDisabilities 1279] Re: Children of the Code



>

> Thank you for bringing to my attention this organization.   I moved from

> Glen Cove, Long Island, in 2004 and now live in San Francisco.  I founded

> and directed Project Literacy/Outreach, Inc. in 1986. that non-profit

> organization helped hundreds of underserved gain literacy skills by 

> getting

> help from volunteers trained in Orton-Gillingham approach.  All services -

> tutor training and the delivery of help - were free.  The point is this: 

> the

> program proved that teacher development in methods conforming with the

> latest scientific research can do the trick.  The information is there 

> since

> the turn of the 20th Century. We should be asking why the universities -

> nationwide - are keeping it a secret how to teach English so that nobody 

> is

> left out.  Lucille Cuttler

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: learningdisabilities-bounces at nifl.gov

> [mailto:learningdisabilities-bounces at nifl.gov]On Behalf Of Kathleen

> Steinchen

> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 7:38 AM

> To: learningdisabilities at nifl.gov

> Subject: [LearningDisabilities 1201] Children of the Code

>

>

> I was looking for information that tied our cognitive strategies that we 

> use

> to stregthen memory and teach reading skills to the development of the 

> brain

> in adults.  I had remembered a presentation that I went to by G. Reid 

> Lyons

> regarding this topic.  I want to develop an understanding of the 

> importance

> that our teaching makes in the development or re-structuring of the brain

> connections as part of the staff development we roll out in New York State

> to address learning disabilities in our adults.  I thing there is a 

> broader

> audience besides learning disabled adults-but also applies to adults serve

> in recovery programs. While searching for information on the Internet, I

> came across an intitiative called, Children of the Code.  It can be 

> accessed

> at http://www.childrenofthecode.org. Has anyone heard of this project? 

> Gone

> to their presentations? or helped with an event? or seen it on PBS?  I an

> interested in getting involved but would like to know impressions from the

> field who

>  may be more knowledgeable than I?

>

> Kathleen Steinchen

> New York State Education Department

> Adult Education and Workforce Development

> tel: 518-474-8940

> ksteinch at mail.nysed.gov

>

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