Student not learning to read even with multisensory training

[Wanda]

I have been teaching dyslexic students for almost 4 years and have been very successful with the Orton Gillingham program I have been using but I have one child who is still struggling after 2 years. He is nine. He knows all graphemes and sounds but is not becoming a fluent reader even with lots of extra help in his special education class at school, his attendance in my program, and help from his mother. What else do we need to do to pull all of his strengths together and be able to read.

[fromupnorth]

Can you tell me a little about his handwriting? Has he had any Occupational Therapy? I too have a student who is having a very difficult time but my 'gut' tells me he need reading and writing taught separately and I'm spending today researching the best approach. I'm also trained in OG, so I'm finding this a difficult concept to get my head around. However, what I continue to remind myself is that even if OG works for most it won't necessarily work for all.

[teacherman]

[zeeshan]

Most classrooms are still using traditional methods for teaching students. This usually involves lecturing to the children while they sit and try to stay focused on the information being relayed to them.

Following this, a worksheet of some kind is typically given to the children for them to complete in some limited time frame. Any dyslexic child must sit in horror waiting for the dreaded worksheet to arrive.

There could be nothing worse for them to deal with; new information, a voice droning on and on, then a paper filled with words they probably cannot read, then to make matters worse, a time constraint to make them feel pressurized.