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Professional Development Opportunities

Seminars are virtually accessible to members world-wide. Attendees can attend live or watch recordings of these events which will be made available for 2 weeks after the presentation.

Annual Online Conference

Our signature full day conference.
Join us annually in April.

(Discounted access for members.)

Webinars

Scattered through the year, we offer webinars on OG or Structured literacy topics.

(Discounted access for members.)

Local Meet Up Groups

Connect in person with local OG Practitioners in Meet Up groups.

(Members only)

Past Events:

For a sample of some past events, see below. For upcoming events Click here.

OG Canada 2020 - Spring Fling

Structured Word Inquiry
Presenter: Dr. Peter Bowers Ph. D
Date: April 22, 2020

Click here to see the review: SpringFling2020.pdf

OG Canada 2019 - Spring Fling

Phonology to Syllabication to Morphology.
Presenter: Ron Yoshimoto from Yoshimoto Orton Gillingham International
Date: April 27, 2019

Ron Yoshimoto gave an extremely well-received presentation at the Spring Fling in April. For those who weren’t there, here are three key ideas.

When doing rapid reading, ask students to think of synonyms to words given, to build their vocabulary skills.
Another rapid reading activity is to ask students to highlight verbs (or adjectives, or nouns, etc.) as a time-efficient way to reinforce grammar structures.
When doing SOS, provide the child with a word, and then ask them to change the meaning by adding an affix, to drive home the meanings of affixes. Eg. Spell run. Now change it to make it happening now. (running)

OG Canada 2019 Member to Member

Speech, Language, and Literacy Disorders: Are They All Pieces of the Same Puzzle?
Presenter: Kate Dixon, Speech-Language Pathologist and Orton-Gillingham Practitioner
Date: January 19, 2019

Read the M2M event review

Review by OG Canada Member, Valerie Cho

Click here to see the review: 2019MembertoMemberArticle.pdf

OG Canada 2018 Spring Fling

The Rules of the Road: A Journey from Discourse to Writing, and Everything in Between
Presenter: Marcia Mann, founding fellow of the AOGPE
Date: April 28, 2018