Who We Are
At Cardinal Reading Strategies, our primary objective, with the Orton-Gillingham tradition as our foundation, is to provide tools, goals, and structure that meet the needs of students requiring either primary instruction or remediation in the reading (decoding) and spelling (encoding) of the English language.
Orton-Gillingham (evidence-based reading instruction) is an intensive, sequential, and cumulative approach that teaches the basics of word formation before whole meanings. We teach to students’ strengths while improving their weaknesses through explicit and systematic phonics instruction. As a result, a student’s ability to master reading, writing, and spelling of the English language is fostered, forensically.
With our evidence-based approach, supported by our 24/7, Remediation Center, students can be quickly shown the phonetic nature of the English language and the proper structure of the written language.
Our reading services may include any or all of the following:
Advocacy (specializing in Special Education Advocacy)
Reading Assessments
Spelling
Word Attack Skills
Morphology
Phonemic Awareness
Reading Fluency
Reading Comprehension
Sound-Symbol Correspondence
Writing Skills
Study Skills
Grammar
Articulation
Cursive Handwriting
Keyboarding
Parent Training
Language Training Supplies
Our Skills
It typically takes us six months to raise a student’s reading ability by two grade levels.
Our Services
Evidence-Based
We strictly adhere to the five (5) pillars of reading as dictated by the National Reading Panel (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, morphology, and reading comprehension). Evidence-based reading instruction helps students who need instruction or remediation with the English "code". A WINDOWS 10 TOUCH SCREEN IS REQUIRED.
Advocacy
Schools are doing a terrible job of teaching our children to read. To make matters worse, they are dishonest when it comes to the provision of special education services. Parents and students will definitely benefit from a board certified advocate in special education who is trained to advocate for all thirteen disability classifications under IDEIA.
Rapid Development
The Orton-Gillingham (OG) approach is an intensive, sequential phonics-based system that teaches the basics of word formation before whole meanings. The Orton-Gillingham approach revolves around the scientifically-based concepts that humans acquire and master language through three distinct neurological pathways: visual processing (seeing), auditory processing (hearing), and tactile-kinesthetic processing (feeling).
Additional Services
Remediation Center with Global, 24/7 Access
The eighty-seven lessons in our Remediation Center are divided into twelve courses. Each lesson is available as often as required.
Parent Training and Supplies
Now our training is available to parents who wish to provide evidence-based reading instruction to their own children.