ASSOCIATE/TEACHING LEVEL COURSES: Training provided by the following courses prepare individuals for the Associate/Teaching Level of membership.
RHODE ISLAND
32˚ Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. / Providence
1 Rhodes Place
Cranston, RI 02905
Phone: 401/781-7953
Fax: 401/781-7998
Website: www.childrenslearningcenters.org
Director: Louise Cherubini
Email: sclearningcenter@rishriners.necoxmail.com
The 32° Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. offer training and certification in the 32° 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.
TENNESSEE
Simultaneous Multisensory Institute of Language Arts (SMILA)
Binghampton Fellowship Foundation
2679 Kingham Dr.
Memphis, TN 38119
901/754-1441
Director: Rosemary Williams
wrwilliams@mindspring.com
SMILA improves the educational opportunities for children and adults with Specific Language Difficulties and trains teachers in the simultaneous multisensory approach to language arts derived from the Slingerland approach.
TEXAS
LEAD/Literacy Education & Academic Development, Inc.
PO Box 262
Argyle, TX 76226
Phone 940/464-3752
Fax 940/464-7293
www.leadabcd.com
Director: Valerie G. Tucker
lead1234@gte.net
The mission of LEAD is to provide multisensory structured language training for individuals interested in becoming Academic Language Therapists. LEAD also provides both public and private schools with the framework for implementing multisensory structured language programs, and is a resource for parents, teachers and the community.
Shelton MSL Training Course
15720 Hillcrest Road
Dallas, TX 75248
972/774-1772
Fax 972/991-3977
www.shelton.org
Director: Joyce S. Pickering
jpickering@shelton.org
The Shelton MSL Training Course offers training and certification in Sequential English Education, a specific language series (reading, writing and spelling) program for students with learning differences, ages six through adulthood. The SEE approach is alphabetic, phonetic, structural and linguistic. Certification is available at the Teaching and Therapy levels. Graduate level credit is offered through Dallas Baptist University. The training is provided by the Outreach Department at Shelton School, the largest school for students with learning differences in the world.
VERMONT
Greenwood Institute Teacher Training Program
14 Greenwood Lane, Putney, VT 05346
Phone 802/387-4545
Fax: 802/387-5396
http://www.thegreenwoodschool.org/
Director: Michael Minsky
mminsky@greenwood.org
The Greenwood Institute provides training in the structure of language so that teachers can better meet the needs of their students. We advocate and train from a multisensory diagnostic prescriptive perspective.
32˚ Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. / Burlington
Green Mountain Masonic Center
87 Bishop Avenue
Williston, VT 05495
Phone: 802/872-9900
Fax: 802/872-9901
Website: www.childrenslearningcenters.org
Director: Carlene D. Badeau
Email: badeau@hotmail.com
The 32° Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. offer training and certification in the 32° 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.
WASHINGTON
Slingerland® Multisensory Structured
Language Teacher Training Course
One Bellevue Center, Bellevue Center, WA 98004
Phone: 425/453-1190
Fax: 425/635-7762
www.slingerland.org
Beverly Wolf
mail@slingerland.org
The Slingerland Multisensory Structured Language Instructional Approach is an adaptation for classroom use of the Orton-Gillingham approach. This structured, sequential, simultaneous, multisensory teaching approach is designed to help dyslexic students with speaking, reading, writing and spelling. The flexibility of the approach has made it effective in general education classrooms as well as with small groups and individuals.
WISCONSIN
32˚ Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. / Madison
301 Wisconsin Avenue
Madison, WI 53703-2107
Phone: 608/252-4922
Fax: 608/252-4933
Website: www.childrenslearningcenters.org
Director: Ervin Carpenter
Email: mmlcerv@choiceonemail.com
The 32° Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. offer training and certification in the 32° 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 Wisconsin include:
32˚ Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc. / Milwaukee
790 North Van Buren Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202-3881
Phone: 414/765-9189
Fax: 414/765-9267
Website: www.childrenslearningcenters.org
Director: Sara M. Pace
Email: clcmilwaukee@lycos.com
