Barton Program

Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability that is neurological and genetic, which means it can be hereditary. It is estimated that more than 20% of the population or 1 every 4 students in a classroom are dyslexic. Dyslexia results in students experiencing challenges with with specific language skills, particularly identifying phonemes and phonological awareness, which are critical for both reading and spelling. They may also have challenges in the areas of writing (dysgraphia) and/or mathematics (dyscalculia).

Mary Jennifer Payne offers reading remediation using the Barton Reading and Spelling Program. The program, which uses the Orton-Gillingham approach, is an evidence-based, multi-sensory method of intensively teaching students with dyslexia or other reading disabilities. Learn more about it here.

On October 3, 2019, the Ontario Human Rights Commission launched an inquiry into possible human rights issues with regard to the ways in which the needs of students with reading disabilities, including dyslexia, are met in Ontario’s public school system.

To learn more out more about the inquiry, please visit the link below: