Why Fidelity Matters

Orton-Gillingham is not simply a collection of activities or a curriculum that can be packaged and sold. It is a structured, diagnostic, prescriptive, multisensory approach that requires extensive training, supervised practicum, and experience to deliver well.

Training through the Orton-Gillingham Academy (OGA) represents a rigorous pathway for practitioners committed to maintaining the integrity of the Approach. OGA training involves substantial coursework and supervised practicum, with advanced levels requiring significant experience and observation.

There are many dyslexia programs available today—including Barton, Launch Literacy, Take Flight, and others—that incorporate principles derived from Orton-Gillingham. But having O-G–based activities is not necessarily the same thing as having a practitioner who has been thoroughly trained in the Orton-Gillingham Approach.

Fidelity matters. Training matters.
Experience matters.

Children with dyslexia deserve intervention delivered by people who understand not only what to teach, but why, when, and how to adjust instruction based on the individual child.

They have already struggled enough.

The last thing we want is for a child to experience failure again because the intervention they received was not delivered with the knowledge, training, and fidelity necessary to meet their needs.

It is important not to traumatize a child twice.

Every great movement starts with a few people who are willing to stand up for what they believe.

This is ours.