Academic Therapy

Orthography with Symbol Imagery

For students with adequate phonological processing skills, but poor reading and spelling skills, we may recommend our Orthography program.

Orthographic instruction involves teaching the student about the rules that govern how words are spelled and pronounced. The instruction is systematic, sequential and involves adequate practice to develop automaticity in application.

Symbol imagery is the sensory-cognitive ability to create mental imagery for sounds and letters within words. It is the form of sensory input that underlies both phonological and orthographic processing that supports reading and spelling. Developing symbol imagery involves exercises that help the individual create and maintain an accurate visual image or a word or part of a word. These exercises require the individual to create the visual imagery and be able to manipulate it at will. By combining the orthographic rules instruction with symbol imagery reinforcement, improvements in spelling and word recognition are seen.

The combination of orthographic rules instruction, and symbol imagery reinforcement along with fluency and accuracy drills with timed repeated readings further develop reading skills.Significant gains are noted in decoding skills, real word recognition, reading accuracy and rate, reading fluency and comprehension.

For more information about the Orthography with Symbol Imagery (Ortho) program view this PDF document.

Orthography with Symbol Imagery Program
Orthography.pdf

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