Phyllis Bertin at the Katonah Village Library DecemDownload Brochure Remote Learning with the PAF Reading Program To support teachers who are using the PAF Reading Program, we have created reading and reinforcement activities for each PAF Reader. These beautifully illustrated chapter books contain the basic elements of story telling-character, setting, plot, conflict, and resolution which will improve children’s comprehension. The books provide the practice needed to develop accurate and fluent reading, as well as coherent stories that support effective reading strategies. In addition, the repetition of the vocabulary allows children to develop recognition of common words, while the length of words and complexity of sentences gradually increases. The decodable text only contains sounds that have been taught, so that children can sound out the words. The PAF Reading Series is comprised of seven decodable beginning readers. In January 2020, WTTI was renamed The Windward Institute.PAF Program | A Multisensory Orton-Gillingham Based Reading Program In 1988, the Windward Teacher Training Institute was founded to provide the type of professional development for educators and professionals in allied disciplines to have the expertise to teach children of all abilities-in special education and mainstream classrooms-using the Windward Way. Judith Hochman became head of school in 1988, the school shifted its focus to students with language-based learning disabilities and is now regarded as one of the top schools in the U.S. The school subsequently certified with the New York State Board of Regents as a school for learning disabled children in 1976.

The Windward School was founded in 1926 by Isabel Greenbaum Stone.

Scholarships are available for students whose families cannot afford to pay the $54,000-a-year tuition. The school uses the Preventing Academic Failure (PAF) reading program developed by Phyllis Bertin and Eileen Perlman, which focuses on reading, spelling and handwriting using Orton-Gillingham instruction (multisensory method developed to teach reading to children with dyslexia). Windward is recognized across the country and around the world as a leader in providing instruction to children with dyslexia and is listed among the best schools in the New York City area.

The Windward School is a coeducational, independent day school focused on teaching students in grades 1-9 with language-based learning disabilities with campuses in Westchester and Manhattan.

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