KCSP offers an Orton-Gillingham approach.  No matter where you go for help, all scientifically based effective reading instruction should include the following:

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• Phonology and Phonological Awareness

• Sound-Symbol Association

• Syllable Instruction

• Morphology

• Syntax

• Semantics

• Simultaneous Multisensory Teaching (VAKT=Visual Auditory Kinesthetic Tactile)

• Systematic and Cumulative Curriculum

• Direct Instruction (Explicit)

• Synthetic and Analytic Instruction

• Diagnostic Teaching