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The Orton-Gillingham approach utilizes multisensory means to learning. Through visual, auditory, and kinesthetic means, all pathways to the brain are used resulting in effective learning for students of all profiles. Instruction is sequential and moves from the concrete to the abstract and from the simple to the complex while being repetitive. These methods ensure that information is recalled and stored... "Therese Kristiansen is an established member of the Charleston Area academic community. She is not only a highly effective reading and writing tutor, she is an advocate as well.