From August 15-20, the Sally Borden Program at Friends Academy will offer training in the Orton-Gillingham Reading Approach, a program that teaches people with dyslexia or reading disorders how to read.

This 60-hour course prepares its participants for the Associate Level at the Orton-Gillingham Academy. Dawn Nieman, licensed by the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators to teach the Associates Level, will teach the course.

Participants will learn the fundamental elements of the Orton-Gillingham approach.

For more information and sign-up, please call Friends Academy at 508-999-1356 ext. 1143. Friends Academy is located at 1088 Tucker Road.