Beth Slingerland

Beth Slingerland was an educator[1] who developed a classroom adaptation of the Orton-Gillingham system for teaching dyslexic children.[2] Called the Slingerland Screening for Identifying Children with Specific Language Disability,[3][4] the test screens to identify language disabilities and is divided into eight subtests.[5] While the director of the lower school at the Punahou School in Hawaii from 1938-1945 she became interested in this issue. In the late 1940s she became the coordinator of a language disability program in the Renton, Washington school district where she worked until 1965. In 1977, she founded the Slingerland Institute[6][7] in Bellevue, Washington. The Institute trains 600 teachers in the US and Canada and recently opened a training program in Australia. She died in Seattle in March 1989.

References

  1. ↑ "Beth Slingerland, 89, A Dyslexia Educator". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Slingerland, Beth. "Specific Language Disability Children, A Multi-Sensory Approach to Language Arts: A Guide for Primary Teachers". Research Gate. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Slingerland screening tests for identifying children with specific language disability [kit] / Beth H. Slingerland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Meeting the Needs of Dyslexic Children". Sage Journals. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "S LINGERLAND S CREENING for IDENTIFYING CHILDREN with SPECIFIC LANGUAGE DISABILITY" (PDF). Charles Armstrong School. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Slingerland Institute for Literacy". University of San Diego. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Slingerland Institute for Literacy". Parents Helping Parents. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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