​Orton-Gillingham

Orton-Gillingham is a distinctly, organized, systematic approach to reading. It breaks reading and spelling into small chunks involving letters and sounds. It uses phonics which is the teaching of pairing letters with the sounds they make. It also incorporates phonological awareness. Phonological awareness is being able to identify the sounds and what letters to pair with the sounds. Orton-Gillingham approach uses multisensory strategies assimilating sight, sound, touch and movement together to embed the learning process in memory.

 

PACE

The PACE (Processing and Cognitive Enhancement) program was developed to help students learn quicker and easier. A group of educators, psychologists and doctors developed PACE to help students achieve stronger cognitive skills. PACE has resulted in an average increase of 3.6 years in processing skills in just twelve weeks among all the students who have participated in the program. Intense one-on-one training is done with a trainer three times a week for an hour each session. In addition, the program requires an additional two to three hours of home training.

To find out more about PACE visit www.mgalsup.processingskills.com

 

Master the Code

Master the Code (MTC) is a revolutionary “sound to code” reading and spelling program designed to be used in conjunction with PACE to gain maximum results. MTC students average a four year increase in reading skills in eighteen weeks. MTC embeds the reading code to be automatic instead of passively teaching lessons that are easily forgotten in a short period of time. Phonics teaches the code (26 letters) and then the sounds that go with those letters. MTC teaches the 43 sounds and the most probable code (letters or blends) for the sounds. It also teaches the alternative spelling for the sounds and code overlap (letter combinations that represent more than one sound). MTC uses one-on-one training with immediate feedback, concentration training drills, and sequencing from simple to complex in small steps so that new material may be mastered quickly and easily.

To find out more about Master the Code visit http://www.masterthecode.com/

 

Critical Thinking

Critical thinking trains you to discipline yourself to logically evaluate, analyze and synthesize the information given to you to reach an informed, logical and evidence based conclusion. It also teaches how to quickly gather the important information and interpret what it means and how to use it. We train students how to critically think , draw a conclusion and to be able to defend their conclusion.

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This program is for students wanting to get ahead in school. The program will also benefit students throughout their lives. Students are taught in school to recite information and to follow a process but rarely taught how to think.

 

School Readiness (Kindergarten and First Graders)

This program trains phonological awareness for better reading skills, math facts and critical thinking. This program also trains students to process information faster and more accurately.