The Essential Orton-Gillingham

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Ginny O'Hare Perrin, MSEd, is the Director of Outreach at the Mary McDowell Friends School in Brooklyn, NY, an elementary school for children with learning disabilities. In addition, she has an extensive private tutoring practice using multi-sensory methodologies.  Ms O’Hare has an MSEd in Special Education from Bank Street College and a BA in Child Psychology and Education from Swarthmore College.

Debbie Zlotowitz, SAS, is the Head of the Mary McDowell Friends School, a K-12 independent school for students with learning disabilities in Brooklyn, NY. Ms. Zlotowitz has a SAS from Bank Street College, an MS in Exceptional Education with additional certification in Reading and a BA in Speech Pathology and Audiology both from State University College of Buffalo.

"I now have tools and resources to use to support students who have not responded to other reading methods."
-12 years in the field

"I am impressed by this course. It packed in a lot of information into the time. I’ve come away with a lot of new info and skills."
-NYC DOE Special Ed Teacher, 11 years

"I was especially happy to have the question of placement answered... ie. how to know where in the program a child should start."
-Teacher, 4 years

"We covered a huge amount of materials in a short period of time. The class was well organized and the materials presented very clearly. It gave me a very structured way to teach skills and a deep understanding of the program."
- Linda, Learning Specialist, 24 years in the field