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Wilson Questions

by confused tutor

Jun 29, 2009

I am tutoring a sixth grader this summer and just found out that I am supposed to be using Wilson. The problem is, I have no experience with Wilson. While I know it is not a substitute for training, would anyone be able to give me a quick overview of how the program works and how I should structure my 1 1/2 hours with this student? Thank you!

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Sue On 6/29/09, confused tutor wrote: > I am tutoring a sixth grader this summer and just found > out that I am supposed to be using Wilson. The problem > is, I have no experience with Wilson. While I know it is > not a substitute for training, would anyone be able to > give me a quick overview of how the program works and how > I sho...See More

Jun 29, 2009

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GailMA In addition to what Sue has already said, you might want to check the information on the Wilson website, I think it is wilsonlanguage.com

It sounds like you're trying to make this work, but if I were the parent and found out that you have no background in Wilson I would be VERY unhappy. How did this happen? Does your supervisor (or someone...See More

Jun 29, 2009

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Theresa Wilson, from what I understand, it a multi-sensory reading approach based on the Orton-Gillingham reading approach for dyslexics. It is popular on the East Coast.

Its counterpart in CA is Slingerland. To be certified in it takes at least 4 weeks or 160 hours of practicum. I don't know about Wilson, but those who claim to be a Slingerland ...See MoreWilson, from what I understand, it a multi-sensory reading approach based on the Orton-Gillingham reading approach for dyslexics. It is popular on the East Coast.

Its counterpart in CA is Slingerland. To be certified in it takes at least 4 weeks or 160 hours of practicum. I don't know about Wilson, but those who claim to be a Slingerland Tutor without the training can get into trouble. It is backed by an institute who tracks its graduates. Wilson may do what the same.

Theresa

On 6/29/09, GailMA wrote: > In addition to what Sue has already said, you might want to check > the information on the Wilson website, I think it is > wilsonlanguage.com > > It sounds like you're trying to make this work, but if I were the > parent and found out that you have no background in Wilson I would > be VERY unhappy. How did this happen? Does your supervisor (or > someone) need to notify the parent? If this is through a > school-sponsored summer program you should make sure the person in > charge knows you are not Wilson-trained. > > > On 6/29/09, Sue wrote: >> On 6/29/09, confused tutor wrote: >>> I am tutoring a sixth grader this summer and just found >>> out that I am supposed to be using Wilson. The problem >>> is, I have no experience with Wilson. While I know it is >>> not a substitute for training, would anyone be able to >>> give me a quick overview of how the program works and how >>> I should structure my 1 1/2 hours with this student? >>> Thank you! >> >> What do you have for materials? What level is your student >> at? If you have the instructor's manual (read all of the >> introductory stuff), rules, dictation, and student readers >> you may be able to make a go of it. Have you had any >> experience with explicit phonics instruction? Your focus will >> be on letter-sound correspondence, syllable structures and >> phonetically regular words, blending and segmenting (phonemic >> awareness), and reading controlled text for fluency. The >> instructor's guide include lesson plans.

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