Author Archives: Jennifer Salisbury

About Jennifer Salisbury

In 2004, Jennifer joined Teach for America as a special educator where she taught kindergarten through fifth grade. Her passion for reading instruction led her to be trained in a program based on the Orton-Gillingham method. After achieving significant results with her students, she began conducting trainings to help strengthen other teachers’ reading instruction. “My motivation as a teacher is to share my love of learning, and my gift has been working with struggling readers. There is no better feeling than to help someone become a strong reader and independent learner.” Jennifer earned a B.A. in Global studies University of California Santa Barbara and M.S. in Special Education from Lehman College.

How to Encourage Reading Practice!

Practice Makes Perfect We’ve all heard the saying “practice makes perfect”, and in life we’ve all seen it’s truth. Neuroscience confirms […]

Research Backs Structured Literacy

Latest Research Shows How the Brain Learns Reading The latest study in brain research gives greater understanding to how the brain […]

10 Things We’ll Learn About Your Child After 4-Weeks of Therapy

The Lexercise 4-Week Assessment Our treatment is unique in its three-way partnership between you, your child, and your clinician. Dyslexia […]

How NOT to Teach Reading: Try Again

I Guess Not! Part Twelve of a 12-part video series showing the flaws of common word reading strategies taught in […]

How NOT to Teach Reading: Whispering Words

I Guess Not! Part Eleven of a 12-part video series showing the flaws of common word reading strategies taught in […]

How NOT to Teach Reading: Context Clues

I Guess Not! Part Ten of a 12-part video series showing the flaws of common word reading strategies taught in […]

How NOT to Teach Reading: Get Your Mouth Ready to Say the Word

I Guess Not! Part Nine of a 12-part video series showing the flaws of common word reading strategies taught in […]

How NOT to Teach Reading: Ask a Friend

I Guess Not! Part Eight of a 12-part video series showing the flaws of common word reading strategies taught in […]

How NOT to Teach Reading: Flipping Sounds

I Guess Not! Part Seven of a 12-part video series showing the flaws of common word reading strategies taught in […]

How NOT to Teach Reading: Make a Connection

I Guess Not! Part Six of a 12-part video series showing the flaws of common word reading strategies taught in […]

Causes of Reading and Spelling Problems

What can neuroscience tell us about dyslexia and other language-processing difficulties? How do differences in the brain’s wiring help explain […]

Using Mindfulness in Orton-Gillingham Instruction

A Clinical Educator’s Journey to Using Mindfulness in Instruction   It is no coincidence that mindfulness practices came into my […]