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Literacy Skills Workshop Descriptions
Literacy Skills Workshop Descriptions
Foundational Literacy Skills Instruction
For Students Who Are Performing Below Grade-Level Expectations
Appropriate for Title 1 & General Education
- Learn Why Students Struggle to Read, Write & Spell
- Simulate the Three Common Types of Reading Problems
- Identify the Ten Critical Elements for Literacy Skills Assessment & Instruction Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary & Comprehension Syllable Type, Grammar, Morphology, Syntax & Semantics
- Practice Assessment & Intervention Strategies
- Construct Assessment & Intervention Tools
- Link the Common Core Standards and NRP Report to Instructional Planning
- Review Effective, Evidence-Based Methods & Materials for Intervention
Understanding Dyslexia
An Introduction to Effective Intervention
Appropriate for Intervention Specialists, Title 1 & General Education
- Learn the Neurological Basis for Dyslexia
- Simulate Dyslexia & Dysgraphia
- Identify the Six Syllable Types of English that De-Mystify Phonics
- Practice Syllable Division Rules for Multi-Syllable Word Attack & Morphology
- Construct Phoneme Cards for Assessment & Instructional Activities
- Review the Instructional Principles & Activities of the Orton-Gillingham Method
- Build a Sample Lesson Plan Following the Orton-Gillingham Format
Survey of Structured Programs for Dyslexia Grades K-3
Recommended Prerequisite Workshop: Understanding Dyslexia
Appropriate for Intervention Specialists & Title 1 Tutors
- Review the Critical Structures of English That Must Be Addressed
- Review the Principles of Multi-Sensory Instruction
- Review Evidence-Based, Structured, Multi-Sensory Programs for Grades K-3
- Compare the Scope & Sequence of Various Structured Programs (Tiers 1-3)
- Learn How to Integrate Strategies from Various Structured Programs
- Identify Effective Strategies for Progress Monitoring
Programs Reviewed - Phonics for Reading, SPIRE, Phonics First, Wilson Fundations, Process Phonics, Stevenson Language Skills & more
Survey of Structured Programs for Dyslexia Grades 4-12
Recommended Prerequisite Workshop: Understanding Dyslexia
Appropriate for Intervention Specialists & Adult Literacy Tutors
Review the Critical Structures of English That Must Be Addressed
- Review the Principles of Multi-Sensory Instruction
- Review a Variety of Structured, Multi-Sensory Programs for Grades 4-12
- Compare the Scope & Sequence of Various Structured Programs (Tiers 1-3)
- Learn How to Integrate Strategies from Various Structured Programs
- Identify Effective Strategies for Progress Monitoring
Programs Reviewed - Patterns for Success, REWARDS, Language!, Corrective Reading, Wilson Reading System, Words, Stevenson Overlapping & more
Literacy Skills Instruction for Students with Language or Cognitive Deficits
Appropriate for Intervention Specialists (including hearing impairments & autism)
Also Appropriate for ELL Tutors
Learn the Perceptual Model of Literacy Skills Development
- Simulate Vision-Based, Decoding-Based & Language-Based Reading Problems
- Review the 6 Syllable Types of English
- Review the 10 Basic Sentence Patterns & Transformations of English
- Compare the Scope & Sequence of Various Structured Programs (Tiers 1-3)
Programs Reviewed - Edmark, PCI, Reading Milestones, Apple Tree, Fokes Sentence Builder, Fitzgerald Key, Phelps Sentence Guide, Stevenson's Essential Grammar, more
Assessments for Identifying & Remediating Reading Skill Deficits
Formal & Informal Assessment Tools
Appropriate for Title 1, General Education, Intervention Specialists & Psychologists
Review the 5 Big Ideas from the National Reading Panel Report
- Review the Structures of English Critical to Instruction & Assessment
- Learn How to Administer, Score & Interpret Formal & Informal Assessment Tools
- Match Instructional Strategies & Programs to Student Assessment Profiles
Tools Reviewed - CTOPP, DARTTS, Gallistel-Ellis, Gray Oral & more...plus informal assessments of phonological awareness, decoding, fluency, vocabulary & comprehension
Stevenson Language Skills Program for Grades K-3
Recommended Prerequisite Workshop: Understanding Dyslexia
Appropriate for Interventions Specialists & Title 1
Review the Critical Structures of English for Literacy Instruction
- Simulate Language-Based & Decoding-Based Reading Problems (dyslexia)
- Identify the Principles of Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities
- Analyze the Unique Sequence & Mnemonic Strategies of the Stevenson Approach
- Learn Why the Stevenson Program Works for High or Low Cognitive Level Students
- Practice Implementing Comprehensive Stevenson Lessons that Focus on Phonemic
Awareness, Phonics, Decoding, Encoding, Vocabulary, Grammar, Syntax. Semantics & Penmanship
Stevenson Overlapping Strategy for Grades 4-12
Recommended Prerequisite Workshop: Understanding Dyslexia
Appropriate for Intervention Specialists
Compare the Streamlined Overlapping Strategy to the Regular Stevenson Program
- Identify the Critical Structures of English for Literacy Instruction
- Simulate Language-Based & Decoding-Based Reading Problems (dyslexia)
- Review the Principles of Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities
- Analyze the Unique Sequence & Mnemonic Strategies of the Stevenson Approach
- Learn Why the Stevenson Program Works for High or Low Cognitive Level Students
- Practice Implementing Comprehensive Stevenson Overlapping Lessons that Focus
on Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Decoding, Encoding, Vocabulary, Grammar, Syntax. Semantics & Penmanship
Phonics for Reading
A Structured, Tier 1-2 Program for General Education & At-Risk Students, Grades 3-12
Appropriate for Title 1, General Education & Intervention Specialists
Review the Critical Structures of English for Literacy Instruction
- Simulate Decoding-Based Reading Problems (dyslexia)
- Review the Principles of Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities
- Review the Scope & Sequence of Phonics for Reading
- Practice Implementing Phonics for Reading Lessons
- Learn to Integrate Strategies from Other Structured Programs
Teaching Written Expression
Multi-Sensory Strategies for Spelling, Penmanship & Composition
Appropriate for General Education, Title 1 & Intervention Specialists
Identify the 6 Syllable Types & 10 Basic Sentence Patterns of English
- Learn Strategies for Teaching Encoding, Penmanship, Vocabulary, Grammar & Syntax
- Practice Writing Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative & Exclamatory Sentences
- Compare the Organizational Structure of 5 Basic Types of Paragraphs
Programs & Materials Reviewed - Stevenson's Letters, Handwriting Without Tears, Big Strokes for Little Folks, Loops & Other Groups, Stevenson's Essential Grammar, REWARDS Writing, Framing Your Thoughts, Apple Tree Writing Curriculum - Plus related software applications including Write OutLoud, CoWriter, DraftBuilder, Kurzweil 3000, What You Need Now, Franklin Speaking Dictionaries, more
Subject-Area Accommodations for Students with Literacy Skill Deficits
Strategies & Technology for Students Who Struggle
Appropriate for General Education & Inclusion
Learn a Perceptual Model of Language & Literacy Skills (input-process-output)
- Simulate Difficulties with Listening, Speaking, Reading, Spelling & Writing
- Review Universal Design for Learning Principles
- Identify High & Low Tech Interventions to Help Students Complete Assignments
- Practice Determining Text Readability
- Develop a Set of Structured Guided Notes for Lecture & Study
- Review the 24 "Learning How to Learn" Skills for Direct Instruction
REWARDS - Multisyllabic Word Reading Strategies
Decoding Strategies for Intermediate & Secondary Students
Appropriate for Intervention Specialists & General Education
Learn Systematic Strategies for Decoding Words Containing 2-8 Syllables
- Review the Six Basic Syllable Types of English
- Review the Morphological Structures of English
- Practice Teaching Structured REWARDS Lessons
- Integrate Multi-Sensory Techniques into REWARDS Activities
- Read Content Area Passages Accurately & Fluently
- Link REWARDS to Other Structured Programs
- Apply REWARDS Multisyllabic Word Reading Strategies to Content-Area Texts