Why bother with handwriting isnt typing just as effective?
No. Nearly all Orton-Gillingham dyslexia experts consider integrated, orthographic handwriting either essential or very important. There are several compelling reasons for this. Most importantly, UltraPhonics Tutors emphasis on proper letter formation helps guarantee that a student knows the letters shapes and their associated sounds, for purposes of formation and recognition in both analyzing and synthesizing written language. Second, without handwriting, the approach is substantially less multisensory. Third, handwriting is in itself still a very important skill, and will be for the foreseeable future.
