Article: The efficacy of a supplemental multisensory reading program for first-grade students.(Orton-Gillingham based multisensory reading program )(Report)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education's supplementary Orton-Gillingham based reading program across three schools in a single school district. Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) assessments were used to measure the reading skills of 224 treatment and 476 comparison group first-grade students, with control group students receiving traditional reading instruction for 90 minutes per day in a core reading program and treatment group students receiving instruction using the supplementary reading program for 30 additional minutes per day. Classroom observations by reading professionals ...

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