Multi-sensory teaching techniques support all students. They develop students’ mental agility by encouraging them to use many parts of the brain, which allows new concepts, skills, and strategies to create new neural pathways and stay fixed in memory. It is particularly helpful for teaching students identified with language-based learning differences, such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia.
Students identified with a language-based learning difference need to develop new neural pathways to learn the reading code. Multi-sensory instruction provides opportunity for speaking, writing, and doing all at the same time to make new concepts stick. True understanding is witnessed when a learner can generalize their learned skills in new settings.
We use a number of multi-sensory approaches for teaching reading, writing, and math skills at Engage the Brain. Primary among these is the Orton-Gillingham Approach, developed by Samuel Orton and Anna Gillingham in the 1930’s. Orton-Gillingham (also known as OG), is an Approach to teaching reading based on time-tested practice and scientific evidence on how individuals learn to read and write.
We also utilize a range of other approaches for reading, writing, math, executive functioning, and language. Instructional materials based in the science of learning are considered "gold standards" for students with learning differences.