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Commercial
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Institute of Multi-Sensory Education
Name
of Program: Sensational Strategies for Teaching Beginning Readers
and the Institute of Multi-Sensory Education Staff Development
Program
- Contact
Information
Name of contact person(s)
The web site lists three partners for the program
Jeanne Liuzzo: co-founder and principle trainer
Browyn Hain: co-founder and training coordinator
Susan Bloom: co-founder and product development
Institute for Multi-Sensory Education
1000 S. Old Woodward, Suite 105-49
Birmingham, Michigan 48009
Phone: (800) 646-9788; (248) 646-2872
FAX: (248) 646-4585
E-Mail: imse@worldnet.att.net
Web site: www.orton-gillingham.com
- Student
Population Information
Age/grade levels of students: Pre-kindergarten to fourth
grade
Applicability to students with disabilities: Developed
for dyslexic and other learning disabled populations, but the
program also claims success with typically achieving students.
- Setting
Classroom program or School-wide program: Either
- Synopsis
of Program
- "Sensational
Strategies for Teaching Beginning Readers"
Parent training program
(items include):
- Training
Manual
- Instructional
video: provides two demonstration lessons
- Supplemental
materials (handwriting guide, flashcards, pictures, etc.
- Provides
basic reading instruction to parents. This includes training
in phonics, and multi-sensory procedures, and sequential,
cumulative learning.
- Staff
Development. The IMSE will provide a staff development program
that incorporates the following components:
- An
Overview: Provides participants with information on
the multi-sensory, balanced approach to reading instruction,
a synthesis of current research, and how to integrate the
Orton-Gillingham principles into their pre-existing program.
- Intensive
Training Program (16 hours): During this portion of
the training, teachers will become more familiar with the
Orton-Gillingham philosophy and accompanying strategies.
Supplemental materials are provided.
- Comprehensive
Program (30 hours): Thoroughly explains the method,
and how to make it work for their population. The teachers
will learn more about phonemic awareness, and the most effective
exercises to use with their students. Supplemental materials
are provided.
- Classroom
Consultation: A three-hour classroom consultation is
provided to demonstrate these methods.
- Refresher
Workshop
- Other
Features
- The
IMSE specializes in delivering on-site training and staff
development
- The
IMSE can tailor the staff development to fit the specific
needs and population of the school. Training is available
and appropriate for administrators, paraprofessionals, general
education teachers, and special education teachers.
- There
are three ways to receive the training:
Go to the Detroit central site
Go to a site in your region
Arrange for the training to take place at your school
- Considerations
- Can
be used system-wide
- Can
be used for special education and general education populations
- On-site
staff development component, including a return workshop and
classroom consultation
- Training
can be customized to particular school population and needs
- Training
can be customized to include administrators, classroom teachers
(general or special education), and paraprofessionals
- Unable
to locate independent research supporting the efficacy of
this program.
- Suggestions/Additional
Information/Prerequisite Materials and/or Facilities
- The
web site provides contact information and testimonials of
three school districts and one school whom they consider "major
endorsements." It may be helpful to contact administrators
in these school districts to get their impressions of the
program and ask questions that may not be covered on the web
page (ease of implementation, faculty buy-in, satisfaction
with the product, etc.).
- A
potential consumer may want to preview sample texts and materials
to enable them to get a better sense of the product that they
will be purchasing.
- Cost
Information
$89.95 + 7.95 shipping and handling for the "Sensational
Strategies…"
Information is forthcoming - Institute of Multi-Sensory
Education Staff Development Program
- Resources
and References -- Coming soon!
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