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How to Help My Struggling Reader: The Orton-Gillingham Approach
By: Jennifer McCullough M.S. CCC-SLP of PediaSpeech in Decatur, Georgia

Late one night, I found my 9-year old daughter hiding under her covers with a flashlight reading “one last chapter”. Though I scolded her to turn her light off and go to bed, I went away smiling. She has what I call the “reading bug” and I count my lucky stars.  Throughout my career most of my clients have had to battle to be able to read. As a result, very rarely do these children read because it is fun. These struggles happen way too often.

A huge thanks to Senatorial candidate Michelle Nunn for taking the time to meet with us last week.  Michelle wanted to learn more about the challenges small businesses like CertaPro Painters face and how we are working to positively impact Georgia public school students through Reading is Essential for All People (REAP).

Here’s how it works.

We hear teachers wonder about the REAP Orton-Gillingham training, “Why didn’t I get this information when I was in school learning how to teach kids to read?”

Teachers are using their new knowledge!

REAP is proud to have Jody Goldfarb join our Board of Directors. Jody brings a great deal of education experience and non-profit knowledge to our board. Jody has a tremendous passion for improving the odds for struggling readers; she learned the Orton-Gillingham approach to reading instruction long before she knew she would have three dyslexic children. We welcome Jody and look forward to working with her toward reading proficiency for all public school students.

Reading is Essential for All People (REAP) is thrilled to announce that Suzanne Shaeffer has joined our Board of Directors. Suzanne’s creativity, enthusiasm, knowledge of reading instruction, and passion for improving reading proficiency in our public schools is a perfect fit for REAP and our mission. We proudly welcome Suzanne and look forward to working closely with her to grow our organization.

Our first REAP teacher training class begins today…

Twelve local public school teachers volunteer hundreds of personal hours toward improving student reading proficiency.