| Are you the parent of a child who is struggling to learn | | | | The Lindamood Phonemic Sequencing (LiPs) program |
| to read? Has your child been diagnosed with a learning | | | | successfully stimulates phonemic awareness. Students |
| disability in the area of reading, but continues to | | | | become aware of the mouth actions which produce |
| struggle despite receiving special education services? | | | | speech sounds. The Visualizing and Verbalizing for |
| Have you read my other articles about multisensory | | | | Language Comprehension and Thinking program |
| reading programs and would like to know the names | | | | develops concept imagery through a series of steps |
| of a few of the most popular ones? This article will | | | | beginning with expressive language and extending |
| discuss several multisensory reading programs that | | | | from a word to imagined paragraphs. |
| are scientifically research based to help children learn | | | | 4. The Wilson Reading Program is a 12 Step remedial |
| to read. While I am not making specific | | | | reading and writing program for individuals with a |
| recommendations, these are the multisensory | | | | language based learning disability. This program is |
| programs that are the most used. | | | | based on Orton-Gillingham philosophy and current |
| Multi Sensory Reading Programs | | | | phonological coding research. It directly teaches the |
| 1. The most popular multisensory reading program is | | | | structure of words in the English language so that |
| Orton-Gillingham. Orgton-Gillingham is the structured, | | | | students master the coding system for reading and |
| sequential multisensory teaching of written language | | | | spelling. |
| based upon the constant use of association of the | | | | Unlike other programs that overwhelm the student with |
| foll-how a letter or word looks, how it sounds, and how | | | | rules, the language system of English is presented in a |
| the speech organs or the hand in writing feels when | | | | very systematic and cumulative manner so that it is |
| producing it. Children also learn the common rules of | | | | manageable. Visualization techniques are used for |
| the English language such as the final e rule and when | | | | comprehension. |
| to use-ck and-tch. Many of the other multisensory | | | | A few differences in the programs are: The Barton |
| reading programs discussed are based on the | | | | System does not require any special training to use |
| Orton-Gillingham program. | | | | the program, which may make school districts much |
| 2. The Barton Reading and Spelling System is | | | | more willing to use it. The Wilson program is a |
| Orton-Gillingham influenced and is multisensory, | | | | remediation program (to help children catch up and |
| structured, systematic, and uses an explicit phonics | | | | learn skills they missed), which is used for grades 3 |
| approach. The system improves spelling as strongly as | | | | and above. Some school districts in some states have |
| it does reading accuracy and fluency. The Barton | | | | been trained in the Wilson System, which might may it |
| System was developed by Susan Barton and contains | | | | easier to get Wilson for your child. Lindamood Bell is |
| all 5 essential components of Reading Instruction | | | | used by some of the Private Learning Centers that |
| required by the No Child Left Behind Act. | | | | help children learn to read, so be sure you check with |
| 3. The Lindamood-Bell system is also quite popular. | | | | them if you are interested. |