West Central Indiana
Educational Service Center
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November 12, 13, 14, 2025
Please respond by November 5
Word Recognition: The Orton-Gillingham Approach
3 Day Orton-Gillingham Training
Facilitated by Jamey Peavler, The Reading Clinic of Central Indiana, an IDOE-approved provider
Course Objectives
• Examine the role of oral language development in reading proficiency.
• Outline the progression from phonological to phonemic awareness and how these skills support decoding and encoding.
• Connect the research on the instructional design of an OG lesson (cognitive load, instructional hierarchy, and forms of practice).
• Summarize research on the impact of dysfluent handwriting on written expression and describe evidence-based practices for handwriting instruction.
• Explain the alphabetic principle and the reciprocity between reading (decoding) and spelling (encoding).
• Identify the six basic syllable types in English and explain how knowledge of syllable types supports decoding unfamiliar words.
• Apply knowledge of common syllable division patterns to support decoding of multisyllabic words.
• Identify phonetically irregular words and describe evidence-based practice for supporting students to read and spell irregular words.
• Apply knowledge of suffix addition rules to support reading and spelling words with common affixes.
• Examine the importance of decodable text to develop word recognition proficiency.
• Outline the importance of transcription skills through sentence dictation for written expression proficiency.
• Observe OG lesson demonstrations, engage in partner practice or lesson components, and debrief to address implementation questions.
Audience: K-4 Teachers, Instructional Assistants, Special Education Teachers, and Multilingual Educators
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Contact Debbi Christy for answers to all of your questions about cooperative purchasing. Debbi can be reached at 765/653-2727 or by email at dchristy@wciesc.k12.in.us.
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