Upcoming Events
- Science of Reading Academy - Summer Intensive Blended Online Format
This course is designed to give interested educators a strong knowledge foundation for teaching foundational reading skills to new and struggling readers, along with an introduction to other key components of reading instruction including multisyllabic word reading, morphology, syntax & semantics. In addition, participants will be equipped to identify student learning needs through reading assessment and implement effective strategies for instruction.
- Tech Tuesday
A series of learning events which focus on assistive technology to support individuals in the areas of organization/engagement, learning, reading, writing, mathematics and communication.
Past Events
- Assisting Older Struggling Readers: It's Never Too Late! November 19 & 20, 2024
- Dyslexia Forum - May 9-10, 2024
Assisting Older Struggling Readers - Addressing the needs of upper elementary, middle school and high school students struggling with reading and writing.
- Dyslexia Forum - Dr. Nadine Gaab January 12, 2024
Recorded presentation of Dr. Nadine Gaab, Harvard University: Screening for Early Literacy Milestones, Dyslexia and other Reading Disabilities: The WHY, WHOM, WHEN, HOW and WHERE.
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Implementation for the School Team: Breaking Down Barriers and Building a Collaborative Approach to Improving Communication.
- Experience Dyslexia® - A Learning Disability Simulation - October 26, 2023
- Executive Function: What's the Big Deal? - August 18, 2023
This is an in-person event focused on the topic of executive function and presented in three parts.
- Dyslexia Forum - March 24, 2023
Experience Dyslexia® - A Learning Disability Simulation
- Dyslexia Forum: Assistive Technology and Dyslexia in a Multi-Tier System of Support - December 2, 2022
This Dyslexia Forum will address when and how students with dyslexia are impacted when participating in classroom instruction, completing homework or demonstrating content learning. For people with dyslexia, Assistive Technology can provide tools that ease the demands of reading and writing and allow them to learn and function more independently.
- Executive Function Series
An introduction to executive function that will cover various models used to understand executive function and how these skills are connected to behavior and academic performance.
- Dyslexia Forum: Dyslexia within a Multi-Tier System of Support (MTSS) - September 30, 2022
This Dyslexia Forum include strategies, resources and tools for enhancing a school's Tier 1, 2, and 3 practices to ensure they are effective for the student with dyslexia (and others).
- Science of Reading Academy - Summer Intensive
This course is designed to introduce teachers and other interested professionals to fundamental knowledge and skills needed for effective reading instructions and assessment practices.
- Dyslexia Forum: Structured Literacy and Biliteracy - April 29, 2022
Our April Dyslexia Forum featured Dr. Elsa Cardenas-Hagan discussing the needs of the 5 million English learners attending public schools today.
- Dyslexia Forum - January 28, 2022
Solving the Dyslexia Paradox:
The Importance of Brain Development,
Early Identification, and Intervention.
- Dyslexia Forum - October 1, 2021
Solving the Dyslexia Paradox:
The Importance of Brain Development,
Early Identification, and Intervention.
- Dyslexia Forum - April 9, 2021
"Syllabication Types and Rules: A Structural Approach for Decoding Longer Words" and "Making Vocabulary Connections: Powerful Strategies and Activities for Expanding Word Knowledge".
- Dyslexia Forum - January 29, 2021
Using Technology to Support Literacy: Digital Accessibility and Assistive Technology Options with Michelle Austin, SLP-CCC.
- Experience Dyslexia® - January 31, 2020
A Learning Disabilities Simulation.
(Video; 1:10:18)
