The APPLE Group, Inc.

The APPLE Group, Inc.  Alternative Programs Providing Learning Experiences
 
The mission of The APPLE Group, Inc. is to support parents and teachers whose children learn differently and to educate parents, teachers, and the community about strategies for success. In pursuing this mission, The APPLE Group has identified the following goals:
 
• Parent/Teacher/Community meetings   
• Annual conferences  
• Provide resource materials
• Provide references  
• Honor an APPLE Group Teacher
 
The APPLE Group, Inc. was started in 1997 by several parents and teachers whose children were very bright and dyslexic. This group knew that many famous achievers such as John Grisham, Agatha Christie, Winston Churchill, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Ansel Adams, Leonardo Divinci, and Walt Disney were dyslexic. It was important to this group to reach these kids who otherwise might fall through the cracks.  
 
It began by following the newest research about dyslexia and how dyslexics must be taught. The founders, Mary-Margaret Scholtens and Cherry Frierson, spent several years traveling the country becoming trained in several well-known Orton-Gilligham methods. Training teachers and parents in these strategies, as well as reporting on the current research became the group's main mission. 
 
The APPLE Group, Inc. became a 501c3 nonprofit in the year 2000. Since then, it has trained hundreds of teachers, tutors, and parents in the Orton-Gilligham method, specifically: CONNECTIONS: Og in 3D written by Frierson and Scholtens.  
 
In 1991, Act 338 was enacted by the General Assembly of Arkansas requiring public schools in Arkansas to identify all children with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) and to provide training for teachers encountering children with these problems in the regular classroom. Due to more current evidence based research and changes in the laws, rules, and regulations, in 2007, the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) developed an updated guide to address SLD, specifically dyslexia.  It is called the Resource Guide for Addressing Specific Learning Disabilities. This information is based on the same research and teaching strategies as found in the trainings and workshops provided by The APPLE Group.
 
In 2013, the General Assembly of Arkansas passed SB33, the Arkansas Dyslexia Law, which requires public schools to screen and provide multisensory, structured intervention to students with markers of dyslexia. The specific intervention, as outlined in the law,  must be provided by someone certified in a dyslexia program approved by the Department of Education. Currently, Connections: OG in 3D is the only dyslexia intervention meeting the requirements of the law that is approved by the Arkansas Department of Eduation for professional development.
 

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The APPLE Group, Inc.  Alternative Programs Providing Learning Experiences
 
The mission of The APPLE Group, Inc. is to support parents and teachers whose children learn differently and to educate parents, teachers, and the community about strategies for success. In pursuing this mission, The APPLE Group has identified the following goals:
 
• Parent/Teacher/Community meetings   
• Annual conferences  
• Provide resource materials
• Provide references  
• Honor an APPLE Group Teacher
 
The APPLE Group, Inc. was started in 1997 by several parents and teachers whose children were very bright and dyslexic. This group knew that many famous achievers such as John Grisham, Agatha Christie, Winston Churchill, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Ansel Adams, Leonardo Divinci, and Walt Disney were dyslexic. It was important to this group to reach these kids who otherwise might fall through the cracks.  
 
It began by following the newest research about dyslexia and how dyslexics must be taught. The founders, Mary-Margaret Scholtens and Cherry Frierson, spent several years traveling the country becoming trained in several well-known Orton-Gilligham methods. Training teachers and parents in these strategies, as well as reporting on the current research became the group's main mission. 
 
The APPLE Group, Inc. became a 501c3 nonprofit in the year 2000. Since then, it has trained hundreds of teachers, tutors, and parents in the Orton-Gilligham method, specifically: CONNECTIONS: Og in 3D written by Frierson and Scholtens.  
 
In 1991, Act 338 was enacted by the General Assembly of Arkansas requiring public schools in Arkansas to identify all children with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) and to provide training for teachers encountering children with these problems in the regular classroom. Due to more current evidence based research and changes in the laws, rules, and regulations, in 2007, the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) developed an updated guide to address SLD, specifically dyslexia.  It is called the Resource Guide for Addressing Specific Learning Disabilities. This information is based on the same research and teaching strategies as found in the trainings and workshops provided by The APPLE Group.
 
In 2013, the General Assembly of Arkansas passed SB33, the Arkansas Dyslexia Law, which requires public schools to screen and provide multisensory, structured intervention to students with markers of dyslexia. The specific intervention, as outlined in the law,  must be provided by someone certified in a dyslexia program approved by the Department of Education. Currently, Connections: OG in 3D is the only dyslexia intervention meeting the requirements of the law that is approved by the Arkansas Department of Eduation for professional development.
 

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