FSC to open academy for dyslexic children
Kerri Stinson
Issue date: 11/14/08 Section: News
Florida Southern College President, Anne Kerr declared at a Oct. 31 press conference that Hal and Majorie Roberts of Lakeland donated 3.5 million dollars that will fund the Roberts Academy.
The Roberts' family donation will be utilized in order to buy the United Methodist Building that will host the Roberts Academy, the Florida Southern Department of Education, FSC's preschool and kindergarten programs and the Roberts Center for Learning and Literacy. In addition, FSC will have the luxury of possessing the Hollis-Hays Library which is known to have the widest range of children's books in the state.
According to a FSC press release, the Roberts Academy, which is anticipated to open in the fall 2010, will be "a full-day transitional school that teaches reading, math, science and other elementary school subject to children with dyslexia."
The academy will assist the children as well as the parents to further understand and help their child.
Dyslexia is a learning disability that makes it difficult for people
with it to read, write or spell. Children who suffer from dyslexia can tend to excel in other areas.
The issue of dyslexia is a personal topic for the Roberts family since their grandson was diagnosed with dyslexia in the first grade. He is way beyond his peers in math, but has trouble reading.
The Roberts family is involved with the FSC community and has had three children graduate from the college. Roberts is on the Board of Trustees at FSC as well.
According http://www.dys-add.com/teach.html#ogmethod, the Orton-Gillingham Method, which will be used at the Roberts Academy, is taught in a step-by-step process to teach reading starting with Phonemic Awareness, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Six Types of Syllables, Probabilities and Rules, Roots and Affixes as well as Morphology.
The Orton Gillingham multi-sensory approach is important to teach those with dyslexia because they learn best when all of their senses such as their visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic, are used. Instruction begins by focusing on the structure of language and gradually moves towards reading.
The Roberts' family donation will be utilized in order to buy the United Methodist Building that will host the Roberts Academy, the Florida Southern Department of Education, FSC's preschool and kindergarten programs and the Roberts Center for Learning and Literacy. In addition, FSC will have the luxury of possessing the Hollis-Hays Library which is known to have the widest range of children's books in the state.
According to a FSC press release, the Roberts Academy, which is anticipated to open in the fall 2010, will be "a full-day transitional school that teaches reading, math, science and other elementary school subject to children with dyslexia."
The academy will assist the children as well as the parents to further understand and help their child.
Dyslexia is a learning disability that makes it difficult for people
with it to read, write or spell. Children who suffer from dyslexia can tend to excel in other areas.
The issue of dyslexia is a personal topic for the Roberts family since their grandson was diagnosed with dyslexia in the first grade. He is way beyond his peers in math, but has trouble reading.
The Roberts family is involved with the FSC community and has had three children graduate from the college. Roberts is on the Board of Trustees at FSC as well.
According http://www.dys-add.com/teach.html#ogmethod, the Orton-Gillingham Method, which will be used at the Roberts Academy, is taught in a step-by-step process to teach reading starting with Phonemic Awareness, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Six Types of Syllables, Probabilities and Rules, Roots and Affixes as well as Morphology.
The Orton Gillingham multi-sensory approach is important to teach those with dyslexia because they learn best when all of their senses such as their visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic, are used. Instruction begins by focusing on the structure of language and gradually moves towards reading.
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