1. Barton Reading
and Spelling
Intervention
By
Suellen Mee

2. Barton Reading and Spelling
System
 Influenced by Dr. Orton and Anna
Gillingham
 A unique method and sequence to
improve reading skills of children and adults
with dyslexia
 Intensive reading intervention designed
for students who struggle with reading
 Students are taught phonemic awareness
and phonics

3. The Barton Reading and
Spelling System (Cont.)
 Scripted lesson plans guide students in the
mastery of the language continuum
 Increases fluidity and flexibility between
listening, speaking and writing
 Skills build on each other so no essential
skill is missed

4. Implementation
 Students meet in small groups (1:4
teacher/student ratio) 45 minutes to 1 hour
each day
 Lessons can not be taught unless all students
are present
 Lessons consist of phonemic
awareness, practice reading words and
phrases, and decodable text
 Work on fluency, vocabulary and
comprehension

5. Benton County
 Benton county has implemented early
intervention program in all 4 elementary
schools
 Screened kindergarten and first graders to
identify students at risk
 The Barton Reading and Spelling System
was used for high risk students in the “Tier
3” category

6. Benton County Results
www.bartonreading.com/ar-rtistudy.pdf

7. Florida Independent Study
 Involved 2 different Speech-Language
clinics
 Significant improvement seen after 40
weeks of 1 on 1 Barton tutoring
 More than 2 years of decoding and
reading comprehension
 More than 1.5 years of fluency

8. Florida Independent Study
www.dys-add.com/floridacampbellstudy.pdf

9. Alaska Independent Study
 45 students, grade 2-11, were given GORT
4 pretest for “before” scores
 Students given 2 to 3 hours of one on one
Barton tutoring per week
 Students showed 2 years of gain in just 6
months

10. Alaska Study Results
www.bartonreading.com/AlaskaData.pdf

11. The Barton Reading and
Spelling System
 A unique researched based reading
intervention
 Successfully teaches phonemic
awareness, phonics, fluency and
comprehension
 Proven study that would help many
children across the country

12. Works Cited
 Lewis, E., & Bowers, C. (2003). Research supports
phonological gains with intervention. Barton
Reading & Spelling System.
 Retrieved from
http://www.bartonreading.com/AlaskaData.pdf
 Benton, AR Intensive reading intervention report.
(n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.BartonReading.com/AR-RTIStudy.pdf
 Significant gains demonstrated in reading realized
after utilizing the Barton Reading and Spelling
Program. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.dys-
add.com/FloridaCampbellStudy.pdf