Janet Jones, an accredited Training Fellow of the Orton-Gillingham Academy, has over  40 years of experience with the Orton-Gillingham approach, working with struggling readers of all ages.  As an independent consultant, she has trained teachers throughout the country and presented at regional and national conferences.  She has been a special educator in public schools and a language department head at schools serving students with dyslexia. She has a B.S. in Speech and Language Pathology from Northwestern University and an M.A. in Learning Disabilities from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  Janet is the creator of Moose Materials, Manipulatives, and Games to enhance Orton-Gillingham instruction.

Janet has received training from the Language Institutes with Louisa Moats and Multisensory Math with Marilyn Zecher. She has completed coursework in the following: The ABCs of OG, Wilson Reading System, Sounds in Syllables, Project Read (Phonology, Comprehension, and Framing Your Thoughts), and Lindamood-Bell (LIPS, Seeing Stars, Visualizing and Verbalizing). She uses this background to individualize her lessons to meet her tutoring students’ needs.

My trainer and mentor, Alice Koontz, received an honorary award from the Orton-Gillingham Academy.

So grateful to have these words shared by Margaret Byrd Rawson – “Only stayed with Janet. Had a ball! She did just what she should be doing. Not only impressed but delighted – Had them using their minds – She really knows what she is doing.” Margaret was instrumental in the early years of the Orton Dyslexia Society, which later became the International Dyslexia Association (IDA).