Answer: No one program is effective for all students, because no two students are alike. Just as students have very different personalities that make them special and unique, their learning styles and abilities also make them unique. Even popular programs with high success rates are not effective for all children. The ideal program would be designed specifically to meet the student’s individual areas of weakness, while maximizing individual learning styles and strengths. A customized Orton-Gillingham approach would be best.
The Orton-Gillingham approach is considered to be the gold standard for teaching students with dyslexia. It is a multisensory, step-by-step language based approach, that requires students to master skills before moving on to the next skill.