Training for Every Level

Training Courses

• Basic Orton-Gillingham Refresher

  $300

  Next Class TBD

  Are you an educator trained in Orton-Gillingham and in need of a quick refresher? Join us for this course to review the foundation of Orton-Gillingham. We will review the skills taught in Basic OG and provide additional opportunities for practice.

  Registration closes one week prior to class date.

  Prerequisite: 40-Hour Basic Orton-Gillingham or equivalent course

• 50-Hour Orton-Gillingham Reading Specialist Package

  $2,000

  (Approved Training Program with the IDOE Consisting of both the 40-Hour Basic Class and 10-Hour Practicum)

  This course format is a combination of videos with self-guided learning and mandatory digital classroom meetings.

  June 2 – June 25
  Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 – 9pm

  July 7 – July 30 
  Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 – 9pm

  Note: There will be modules to be completed before the first course date. They will be sent to you in advance.

  Dii’s package is an approved training program through the Indiana Department of Education. This package includes the 40-Hour Basic Orton-Gillingham Class along with the 10-Hour Practicum. Students will need to complete the 40-Hour Class and the 10-Hour Practicum to fulfill the IDOE requirements. 50 PGP’s will be awarded for successful completion of this package. If you have already completed the 40-Hour Basic Orton-Gillingham Class you may be eligible to just complete the 10-hour practicum to fulfill your requirement.

  You will have 12 months from the completion of this 40 hour course to complete your practicum. If you’re unable to complete the practicum within that time period, then you forfeit your payment.

  If you need your materials mailed to you, there is an additional $35 shipping cost.

  Registration closes one week prior to the first class date, unless otherwise noted.

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• 40-Hour Basic Orton-Gillingham Class

  $1,350

  This course format is a combination of videos with self-guided learning and mandatory digital classroom meetings.

  June 2 – June 25
  Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 – 9pm

  July 7 – July 30 
  Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 – 9pm

  
  Note: There will be modules to be completed before the first course date. They will be sent to you in advance.

  Develop an understanding of language learning disabilities and learn how to effectively use the Orton Gillingham Multi-sensory Instructional Approach.

  Master the sound-symbol relationships of the English language and gain an in-depth understanding of the etymology and lexicon associated with English. Learn the essential elements of a successful multi-sensory instruction approach, how to administer and interpret diagnostic assessments in preparing individualized lesson plans, and all the necessary knowledge to prepare Orton Gillingham lessons.

  Please note, this is a rigorous course, equivalent to a graduate level course in content and expectation. If you have any questions about this, please give us a call.

  If you need your materials mailed to you, there is an additional $35 shipping cost.

  Registration closes one week prior to the first class date, unless otherwise noted.

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• 10-Hour Practicum

  $950

  This optional practicum can be completed after finishing the 40-hour Basic Orton-Gillingham Course

  The goal of the practicum is to provide guided practice of the skills used in Orton-Gillingham. Participants will need to secure a student to work with for 7 one hour sessions. Apply your new Basic Orton-Gillingham skills by directly working one-on-one with your student. A practicum supervisor will observe you or a video of your session and provide immediate feedback. You will prepare and administer the Gallistel-Ellis assessment to your student on day one and then you will receive guidance for determining a plan of action for 6 more lessons with your student.  Before teaching each lesson, you will submit your lesson plan to your practicum supervisor for approval who will make suggestions for changes. 10 PGP’s can be awarded for successful completion of the practicum.

  Once you contract for a practicum, you will have 12 months to complete it. If you’re unable to complete the practicum within that time period, then you forfeit your payment.

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• 20-Hour Multisensory Techniques for the Classroom and Small Group Instructor

  $825

  This course will take place at the Dii office, in person. Please see signup or bottom of this page for the address.
  

  Next Class TBD

  This interactive workshop will walk participants through how to apply the foundation of Orton-Gillingham multisensory techniques for all students learning to read in the classroom and small group setting. Students will leave this course with an understanding of how to write a lesson plan for the class, ways to engage groups of students in instruction, and ideas about how to tackle language challenges related to teaching reading.

  Registration closes one week prior to the class start date.

  If you need your materials mailed to you, there is an additional $35 shipping cost.

• Advanced I - Intermediate: Transitioning Your Student to Advanced Orton-Gillingham

  $300

  Online

  Next Class: TBD

  This course focuses on how to transition a student from Basic Orton-Gillingham into Morphology (roots, prefixes, suffixes and connectives). Review the upper layers of Basic Orton-Gillingham and learn how to introduce morphology to your student by adjusting drills to be more appropriate for an upper-level student.

  Registration closes one week prior to the class start date. If you need materials mailed to you, there is an additional $35 shipping cost.

  Prerequisite: Basic Orton-Gillingham Course

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• Advanced II - Morphology

  $300

  Online

  March 7 and March 14
  Saturday, 9 am – 1 pm

  This course focuses on advanced assessments for higher-level skills and learning how to use a student’s knowledge of morphology to determine meaning and spelling of higher-level words.  Learn how to teach prefixes, suffixes, roots and connectives. You must have already completed Advanced I to take this course.

  Registration closes one week prior to the class start date. If you need materials mailed to you, there is an additional $35 shipping cost.

  Prerequisite: Advanced I (Intermediate).

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• 20-Hour Multi-sensory Math Methods

  Dates and Times TBD

  Learn the essential elements of a multi-sensory mathematics teaching approach. Learn to guide student development from the concrete on to pictorial representations of numbers and operations, and eventually to success using abstract symbols of math. (No prerequisite required.)

  This course is virtual! Participants will meet via Zoom for each of the meeting dates. In between meetings, there will be video modules with a brief homework assignment due before the next meeting. The video modules are approximately 3 hours each. The first module and homework assignment are to be viewed and completed before the first class meeting.

  Registration closes one week prior to the class start date. If you need materials mailed to you, there is an additional $35 shipping cost.

• Written Expression

  $300

  Dates and Times TBD
  This course is being offered via Zoom! Registrants will receive a link to video prior to the course.

  Learn techniques to teach grammar using a multi-sensory approach and how to use that knowledge to construct complete sentences and paragraphs. Participants will have the opportunity to practice teaching techniques with each other in class. Participants will learn how to teach students how to identify and write a complete sentence.

  Registration closes one week prior to the class start date. If you need materials mailed to you, there is an additional $35 shipping cost.

• Written Expression II

  $300

  Dates and Times TBD

  Educators will learn how to teach students about the structure of a paragraph and use this knowledge to teach multiparagraph essays.  This class assumes the student has mastered knowledge about parts of speech and is able to write complete sentences.

  Registration closes one week prior to class date. If you need materials mailed to you, there is an additional $35 shipping cost.

• Phonological Awareness

  $300

  Dates and Times TBD

  Participants will watch a series of instructional videos and attend two one-hour zoom sessions. The first set of instructional videos will be sent one week prior to the first zoom session and will need to be completed before that zoom session.

  Phonological Awareness is important for students who are learning to read and spell.  If the phonological skills are weak, the student may struggle with phonics, which is connecting sound to symbol.  In this training, you will learn multisensory strategies for teaching the skills that are necessary to give students a strong phonological foundation.

  Registration closes one week prior to class date. If you need materials mailed to you, there is an additional $35 shipping cost.