ASSOCIATE/TEACHING LEVEL COURSES: Training provided by the following courses prepare individuals for the Associate/Teaching Level of membership.
MISSISSIPPI
DuBard School for Language Disorders
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive #10035
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Phone: 601/266-5223
Fax 601/266-6763
www.usm.edu/dubard
Director: Dr. Maureen Martin
maureen.martin@usm.edu
The DuBard School for Language Disorders at The University of Southern Mississippi offers training and certification in the Association Method, a phonetic, multisensory approach for teaching language, speech, reading, writing and related academic skills to individuals with multiple difficulties in language learning. Graduate level credit through the Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences, University CEUs, and American Speech-Language-Hearing Association CEUs are available. Courses are offered as components of a degree program in speech-language pathology and on an intensive basis through the Office of Noncredit Programs and Conferences. Direct services are available to children in the full time enrollment and outclient therapy programs which also serve as practicum sites.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
32¢ª Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. / Nashua
200 Main Street
Nashua, NH 03060
Phone: 603/882-8781
Fax: 603/598-8969
Website: www.childrenslearningcenters.org
Director: Aileen Cormier
Email: alcorml@aol.com
The 32¡Æ Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. offer training and certification in the 32¡Æ Masonic Orton-Gillingham Approach at four levels: Initial, Trainer of Initial, Advanced, and Trainer of Advanced. The intensive training includes lectures, readings, and a practicum with children at the Learning Center. The Orton-Gillingham tutor-training and one-on-one tutoring for children are provided at no cost through the generosity of the Scottish Rite Masons of the Northern Jurisdiction. Graduate credit for tutor training may be available from a participating college or university. Other Learning Centers that provide this training in New Hampshire include:
32¢ª Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. / Seacoast
29 Hanson Street
Rochester, NH 03867
Phone: 603/335-6779
Fax: 603/335-6245
Website: www.childrenslearningcenters.org
Director: Heather Davenport
Email: mlc4c@verizon.net
NEW JERSEY
Fairleigh Dickinson University
The Orton Gillingham Dyslexia Specialist Training Course
1000 River Rd.
Teaneck, NJ 07666
201-692-2816
Fax: 201-692-2813
Email: Farrell@fdu.edu
Director: Mary L. Farrell, Ph.D.
The Orton Gillingham Dyslexia Specialist Training Course, located at Fairleigh Dickinson University, is a division of the masters degree program in Learning Disabilities. The training course provides certification programs for Orton Gillingham Teacher, Orton Gillingham Teacher Trainer, Orton Gillingham Therapist, and Orton Gillingham Therapist Trainer. The training course also provides multisensory reading courses required for state certification programs in special education and educational assessor as well as related masters degree programs. Direct services are available to children through practica that are operated at the campus-based clinic, the New Jersey Masonic Learning Centers, as well as selected school districts.
32¢ª Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. / Burlington, NJ
c/o Masonic Home
902 Jacksonville Road
Burlington, NJ 08016
Phone: 609/239-1100
Fax: 609/589-4076
Website: www.childrenslearningcenters.org
Director: Kathy Bostock
Email: kathleenbostock@comcast.net
The 32¡Æ Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. offer training and certification in the 32¡Æ Masonic Orton-Gillingham Approach at four levels: Initial, Trainer of Initial, Advanced, and Trainer of Advanced. The intensive training includes lectures, readings, and a practicum with children at the Learning Center. The Orton-Gillingham tutor-training and one-on-one tutoring for children are provided at no cost through the generosity of the Scottish Rite Masons of the Northern Jurisdiction. Graduate credit for tutor training may be available from a participating college or university. Other Learning Centers that provide this training in New Jersey include:
32¢ª Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. / Hasbrouck Heights
301 Division Avenue
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604-1402
Phone: 201/288-6556
Fax: 201/288-7532
Website: www.childrenslearningcenters.org
Director: Maria Torres-Kimmins
Email: hhlearningcenter@verizon.net
32¢ª Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. / Newark
St. Rose of Lima School
11 Gray Street
Newark, NJ 07107
Phone: 973/822-3214
Fax: 973/822-3214
Website: www.childrenslearningcenters.org
Director: Joanne M. Plany
Email: jmplany@verizon.net
32¢ª Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. / Northfield
2000 New Road
Northfield, NJ 08225
Phone: 609/641-4330
Fax: 609/641-3321
Website: www.childrenslearningcenters.org
Director: Barbara McAuliffe
Email: Barbara.mcauliffe@gmail.com
32¢ª Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. / Scotch Plains
301 Forest Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
Phone: 908/322-6241
Fax: 908/322-3361
Website: www.childrenslearningcenters.org
Director: Judy Shapiro
Email: judy_shapiro@hotmail.com
32¢ª Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. / Tenafly
PO Box 10
404 Tenafly Road
Tenafly, NJ 07670-2532
Phone: 201/567-9002
Fax: 201/567-0206
Website: www.childrenslearningcenters.org
Director: *Pending
Email: tenaflylearning@optonline.net
NEW MEXICO
Multisensory Language Training institute of New Mexico
3915 Carlisle Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/881-0026
Fax 505/881-4435
Director: Sandra Dillon
sandradillon@msn.com
This academic language therapy program places special emphasis on techniques developed for working with bright but severely blocked dyslexic children and adults, those who are often considered intervention resistant. Basic Orton principles with added structure, increased kinesthetic involvement and strong emphasis on phonological processing are included.
NEW YORK
The Gow School Reconstructive Language
2491 Emery Road
South Wales, NY 14139-0085
Phone: 716/687-2088
Fax: 716/687-2120
www.gow.org
Jeffrey Sweet
jsweet@gow.org
This multisensory structured course focuses on the rebuilding of print language skills from the ground up. It includes explicit instruction in the alphabetic code, phonology and word attack, morphology, orthography, reading fluency and comprehension. Peter V. Gow, founder of the school worked with Dr. Samuel Orton to develop this curriculum which has undergone mild revisions but remains true to the original curriculum.
Starting Over
Knight Education, Inc.
317 West 89th Street #9E
New York, NY 10024
212/769-2760
Fax 212/877-6490
www.knighteducation.com
Joan R. Knight
knighted@nyc.rr.com
Starting Over is a highly successful Orton-Gillingham based program designed to improve the lives of children and adults by removing the stress and anxiety caused by poor reading, writing, and spelling, and to enrich their lives by teaching them, their teachers, and their parents the skill and art of reading and the related language areas. Starting Over is taught to the whole class, small groups, or individuals. It is for students of any age who may be reading on grade levels of 0 and higher, but whose decoding and spelling difficulties started early, are still a major problem, and are instrumental in blocking proficiency in reading comprehension and writing.
32¢ª Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. / Central New York
8280 State Route 69
PO Box 638
Oriskany, NY 13424-0638
Phone: 315/736-0574/0576
Fax: 315/736-0575
Website: www.childrenslearningcenters.org
Director: Linda Martin
Email: lmartin@cny32learningctr.org
The 32¡Æ Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. offer training and certification in the 32¡Æ Masonic Orton-Gillingham Approach at four levels: Initial, Trainer of Initial, Advanced, and Trainer of Advanced. The intensive training includes lectures, readings, and a practicum with children at the Learning Center. The Orton-Gillingham tutor-training and one-on-one tutoring for children are provided at no cost through the generosity of the Scottish Rite Masons of the Northern Jurisdiction. Graduate credit for tutor training may be available from a participating college or university. Other Learning Centers that provide this training in New York include:
32¢ª Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. / Rochester
Pittsford Place Mall
3300 Monroe Avenue, Suite 330
Rochester, NY 14618
Phone: 585/264-1690
Fax: 585/264-1692
Website: www.childrenslearningcenters.org
Director: Ann Kaczka
Email: rochcent@rochester.rr.com
NORTH CAROLINA
Greenhills School
Orton Multisensory Structured Language Training
PO Box 15392
Winston-Salem, NC 27113
Phone: 336/924.4908
Fax: 336/924.8081
Website: www.greenhillsschool.ws
Director: Marjory J. Roth
Email: greenhills@alltel.net
June Lyday Orton's phonetic instruction with multisensory emphasis on the kinesthetic modality.
The Hill Center
3200 Pickett Road
Durham, NC 27705
Phone 919/489-7464
Fax 919/489-7466
www.hillcenter.org
Director: Dr. Sharon Maskel
smaskel@hillcenter.org
The Hill Center's mission is to transform students with learning differences into confident, independent learners. The Center pursues that mission through its nationally acclaimed academic half-day program for K-12 students and its IMSLEC accredited professional development programs for teachers. Educators can pursue certification in its multisensory structured language programs at both the teaching and instructor levels. The Hill Center's program and research-based methodology is considered a model program and is being replicated both nationally and internationally.
Key Learning Center
Multisensory Structured Language Training
1345 Hendersonville Rd.
Asheville, NC 28803
Phone: 828/274-3311/828-274-0758
Fax: 828/274-0116
Website: cdschool.org
Director: MaryAnna Phillips
Email: mphillips@cdschool.org
Description: The Key Learning Center offers graduate courses in MSLE that provide comprehensive knowledge in the Orton-Gillingham approach to effectively help students develop independence in reading, writing, and spelling. The KLC offers a three-tiered continuum of trainings to advance expertise in research-based literacy education/remediation with on-going support.
