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This 8 page paper begins with a brief explanation of what the term 'multisensory' means. It then describes and explains the Wilson Reading System. The writer co moments on the fact that the Wilson program is based on the Orton-Gillingham program. The Lindamood™Phoneme Sequencing Program is discusses as a contrast to the Wilson and Orton-Gillingham, including an explanation of the processes used in the Lindamood-Bell programs. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Awareness and Resource Center, 2002). The reason for using as many senses as possible is simply that people learn best through different senses (Beacon Literacy, n.d.). Some people
learn best when they see something (visual), some when they hear it (auditory), others by touching something (tactile) and still others when they do something physically (kinesthetically) (Beacon Literacy, n.d.).
For example, when teaching students a letter in the alphabet, it can be presented with the teacher saying the letter, the student hearing that letter while looking at it, and
then by touching or tracing that letter cut out on sandpaper. The Wilson Reading System is a program for persons who have language-based learning disabilities (LD Online, 2005). This is
a "12-Step remedial reading and writing program" (LD Online, 2005). The original program is geared towards Grades 5 through adult (LD Online, 2005). A new Fundations Program was developed
for Grades 1 through 3 (LD Online, 2005). The Wilson program teaches the structure of words to help students learn to master the coding system in English, allowing them
to read and write (LD Online, 2005). The purpose of the program is to teach students decoding, i.e., reading, and encoding, i.e., spelling (Wilson Language Training Corp., 2005; Dyslexia Awareness
and Resource Center, 2002). From the initial lesson, the program includes sight word instruction, fluency, vocabulary, oral expressive language development and comprehension" Wilson Language Training Corp., 2005). The first two
steps focus on phonemic segmentation skills, which is the ability to separate the sounds contained in a single word, and blending those sounds (Wilson Language Training Corp., 2005). The sense
of feel is incorporated into lessons, for example, if the word being presented were map, the student would use a different finger to tap against his thumb as he said
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