Orton-GillinghamDr. Samuel Orton and educator Anna Gillingham developed the basic philosophy of Orton-Gillingham throughout the 1930s and 1940s, believing that students with severe dyslexia needed a multisensory approach, particularly the use of auditory, visual, and kinesthetic channels, in their literacy instruction (Sheffield, 1991). A multi-sensory approach means students are learning language by ear (listening), mouth (speaking), eyes (seeing), and hand (writing). The process involves listening to sounds and saying the sounds and names of letters while writing them. (from website)