The tutoring center I recently started my 8yr dyslexic son at uses a method called Glass-Analysis for Decoding Only. The front of one of the example books I was provided with states “Glass-Analysis integrates the teaching of decoding into an authentic whole language program”
It is using word clusters to teach decoding as well as some sight words.
The use of the phrase whole language, scares me a little. Does anyone have any experience with this program? If you do, is this appropriate for a
He has been going to the tutoring 2x week for 6 weeks. Has been doing Wilson Reading everyday for approx 90 minutes at school for about a month, he has also qualified for the summer school which will be 4 hours a day of Wilson for a month. He has said he likes the Wilson better and feels to be getting more out of it. Not sure if he is just saying this because he’s not crazy about going straight to the tutoring right after school, and trying to get me to stop taking him. The tutoring is very expensive and not sure if I’m throwing my money away. Are the services he is receiving at school enough and the tutoring is overkill, (if there is such a thing). I just want to keep up his enthusiasim.
Thanks for any feedback.
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I have Glass Analysis and like it. My son is pretty severely LD. It teaches patterns in a multisensory way and my son has had a difficult time retaining visual patterns. We have done PG with success but there still are deficits.
My son will now recognize “ing” for example in a word. No small success for him.
Beth
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Hi Stacy,
I’ve used Glass Analysis with my son. The school doesn’t believe he is LD at all, but I know he has a reading disability (the school just doesn’t realize how much intervention I’ve done at home to keep him from slipping below the “lowest” reading group).
I like Glass Analysis a lot and thought it was very helpful (helps with visualization of word patterns). One nice thing about it is that the techniques used with it can be combined with other programs like PG and Seeing Stars.
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Hmmm…. if he’s really doing intensive WIlson every day, I would be loath to also ask him to do more intensive reading after school. I think I’d negotiate for 15 minutes trading off reaidng some interesting fiction with him for hte tutoring time and give the ol’ brain a break.
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Hi. I took a graduate course in reading from Dr. Gerald Glass, the author of Glass Analysis. He really knew what he was talking about, and his method really works. The lessons are usually done in short sessions on a daily basis with follow up and extension activities. The strategies that it teaches dovetail nicely with the Wilson method, too and they carry over to give your child real word-attack skills that he can use in a variety of settings.
If you are interested, there is spelling series that uses the Glass Analysis strategies and multisensory techniques to reinforce the concepts called Looking Glass Spelling by G. Whiz Educational Resources. It makes a good supplement to Glass Analysis. You can see it on the website at www.gwhizresources.com.
If your son is working so hard on his reading, you should make sure you let him know how great he is doing. Try following trips to the tutor with something he really likes, a movie, ice cream, some time at an arcade. It might make the hard work easier to take. The work is worth it and so is he!!
Good luck.
Fern Goldstein
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Thanks for the info Fern. I have decided to stick with the “program” we have going for now.
He is getting plenty of “down” time. Colton is quite the ball player and is on 2 teams, one of which is a select travel team. He knows to be able to play he needs to work hard on the reading.
I think that Glass-Analysis is most appropriate for those who are severely disabled. If your son’s major problem is reading or dyslexia, without a lot of other physical or academic problems, I would drop the Glass-Analysis.
If you have not tried Phono-Graphix, I would suggest that type of tutoring instead. It usually works very quickly to get a child to grade level. If you cannot find a PG tutor in your area, you would probably get very good results just by using the book “Reading Reflex” at home yourself.
Nancy