OG Practitioner Training

Orton-Gillingham Practitioner training at REACH includes over 60 additional training hours beyond Foundations coursework, designed to prepare educators to begin providing clinical support in a 1 on 1 environment using the Orton-Gillingham approach. This is fully accredited coursework and thus includes assignments and testing for course completion. Materials package and access to our online pre-study and course information will be sent out approximately one month prior to the first synchronous class.  Pre-course work must be completed before the first day of class and includes about 20 hours of readings and material preparations. Online support content helps trainees access study aids and materials throughout their coursework. Our training course has been peer reviewed and meets the rigorous criteria set out by several national and international organizations (OG Canada, OGA, IDA/CERI, etc). Successful OGP trainees may register for our practicum after coursework. Completion of a supervised practicum program is required for professional certification with OG Canada. 

Course Content: VAKT Teaching and Learning, O-G Procedures: Establishing a Baseline (Diagnostic Teaching), Visual Recall, Word Reading, Auditory Recall, Word Spelling and SOS Procedures, Sight Word Reading and Spelling, OG Teaching of Sound/Symbol Relationships, OG Teaching of Sight Words, Penmanship Teaching, Diagnostic and Prescriptive Teaching Using the Orton-Gillingham Approach in a 1:1 setting, the OG Clinical Lesson Plan for 1:1 Remediation, Syllabication, Orthography (spelling rules), Comparative Spellings (Ratios), Morphology, Reading (including blending) and Building Reading Fluency, Comprehension, Basic Composition Skills. *Practice lessons will be assigned. Completion of OG4 (supervised practicum) is required to become a certified OG Practitioner through an accrediting body such as CATT, OG or AOGPE. 

Prerequisites: BA / B.Ed or SLP certification. Equivalent post-secondary education may satisfy requirements. *Completion of Foundations of OG/MSLE. 
A criminal record search will also be required for live classes held on site, or prior to working on a Practicum when trainees complete coursework via Zoom. 

This course includes synchronous and asynchronous hours. The synchronous hours with our trainers are held either live and in person or online via Zoom and the option is noted with the session dates for the synchronous hours in the time zone presented. Asynchronous content will be opened, and course materials will be mailed out approximately 30 days prior to the synchronous sessions, marking the start of the course. Registrants will receive an email from your trainer confirming this start to the course and your required study work prior to the first live class. If you reside outside of BC, Canada, you will receive an invoice for delivery costs at the time of shipping.

OGP Course fee: See details below.

Materials: $255 + GST (tax on books in this order are temporarily suspended due to the Government of Canada 2-month GST relief)

• OGP Prestudy Package
• Orton-Gillingham Practitioner Manual
• Codemasters: A Phonics Reference Guide
• Penmanship e-files
• Record Pages e-files
• Grapheme Visual Deck
• Sight Word Deck
• Grapheme Sticker Package
• Pencil Grip
• Tactile screen
• Alphabet Strip
• OGP Online /Asynchronous Study Support access

Additional course text books need to be purchased by trainees and brought to class. Some readings are required during the pre-study component for this course. Texts are available from Amazon or direct from the publisher:

• Birsh, J. R. & Carreker, S. (2018). Multisensory teaching of basic language skills (4th ed.). Brookes Publishing Company. Baltimore, MD.
• Gillingham, A., & Stillman, B.W. (1997). The Gillingham Manual: Remedial Training for Children with Specific Disability in Reading, Spelling and Penmanship (8th ed.). Cambridge, MA: Educators Publishing Service.

** Our courses are popular and often fill quickly. If you choose to waitlist for a seat, please note that you are not guaranteed a seat in that course, and your waitlist is only for that session. On the rare occasion that a registered person withdraws or moves with enough time for another person to receive materials and prepare for the course, then we will manually connect with the next person on the waitlist.
We do not automatically move someone from one waitlist to another. If you want to join us, be sure to register for a course with a seat available. If you’ve been waitlisted for an earlier course and a seat happens to become available in that earlier course, we can move your completed registration to that earlier course. Please be aware that when you are waitlisted, we do not reach out to you unless a spot opens up. **