Orton-Gillingham Language Approach BASIC Training, Hobart (1-5 Sept 2025)

What participants can expect?

Orton-Gillingham Language Approach training provides participants with the skills they need to understand, plan and deliver the fundamentals of reading instruction:

• Phonological awareness
• Phonics – for word reading and spelling
• Fluency
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Early foundations for writing

Learning outcomes include:

• Understand key components for reading and spelling success.
• Identify student challenges and plan effective interventions.
• Learn the Yoshimoto scope and sequence for teaching phonetic elements for single and multisyllable words.
• Address the needs of students with dyslexia and reading difficulties.
• Develop and implement structured, multisensory lesson plans for various group sizes.
• Master key elements of reading instruction and integrate them into lessons.
• Access resources and strategies for classroom integration.
• Learn structured, multisensory techniques for teaching reading and spelling skills.
• Apply correction procedures.
• Deliver a diagnostic/prescriptive teaching approach.

What’s included in the training?

• Five full days of hands-on practical training
• Yoshimoto OG Language Approach Basic Training Materials
• Access to further downloadable resources
• Morning tea and lunch provided daily
• After training, you’ll be invited to join the OG Language Approach Alumni, granting you access to new resources, ideas, and Q&A sessions with Linda McKillop!

This course is accredited by the International Dyslexia Association.

On completion of the training, you will receive a certificate with the allocated amount of time to go towards your professional learning record.

Please email programs@spt.com.au to request an invoice if you prefer to pay by direct transfer rather than a credit card/visa card.