[gdlr_heading tag=”h1″ size=”60px” font_weight=”700″]Richards Learning Systems®[/gdlr_heading]
[gdlr_heading tag=”h3″ size=”32px” font_weight=”400″]The History Behind the Program[/gdlr_heading]
In the 1930’s, a neurologist named Dr. Samuel Orton studied dyslexia. He and two teachers, Anna Gillingham and Bessie Stillman, studied the English language and identified a system within it. Dr. Orton’s systematic, multi-sensory phonics method is an explicit organized structure of sounds, syllables, and word patterns that give students a method to identify unfamiliar words.
The multi-sensory Richards Learning Systems® is based on Dr. Orton’s research, to which Carole added writing and fiction and nonfiction reading comprehension. Richards Learning Systems includes all of the National Reading Panel recommendations for literacy instruction, including:
Many very bright children and adults have difficulty learning English language skills. Many people struggle with reading, but perform well and even excel in other activities — like math, sports, mechanics or the arts. These children and adults learn by doing. Richards Learning Systems® (RLS) utilizes multi-sensory techniques and systematic phonics to learn and improve language skills.
RLS is effective with different learning styles and learning disabilities. By encouraging and supporting individual success, the program builds self-esteem and self-confidence. Students struggling with other reading approaches find success with Richards Learning Systems®.
Students start with little more and then move to bigger words by breaking them into smaller pieces. The exercises and reading activities control the words used so students apply their newly learned concepts to words “fitting the rules”. These exercises develop both reading and spelling skills simultaneously. Once students have learned all of the Richards Learning Systems concepts, they practice their newly learned skills by applying them to words like “archaeologist” and “psychology”.
Biography of Carole Richards, CEI President and Creator of Richards Learning Systems®
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