Resources Tagged With: reading

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EdRev Expo 2019 Workshop: Universal Screening for Reading Risk [presentation]

Dyslexia Specialist Kristin Koeller discusses assessment tools that can be used in the General Education setting to screen for reading risk and characteristics of dyslexia.  She reviews a comprehensive list of assessment tools by grade level, K-3 and beyond, demonstrates some assessments, and reviews several teaching methods that correlate to the assessments. Read more ›

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The Brain Science of Learning Differences [presentation] [video]

Learn about the latest neuroscience regarding dyslexia, including the latest thinking on dyslexia and the brain, the role of resilience, and whether or not the brain changes with interventions. Presented by Fumiko Hoeft, MD, PhD, Director of Brain Imaging Research Center, Professor of Univ of Connecticut Psychological Sciences, UCSF Dyslexia Center, Yale Child Study Center and Senior Scientist at Haskins Labs. Read more ›

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EdRev Expo 2019 Workshop: Structured Literacy in the General Education Classroom—How to Help All Students Learn to Read [presentation]

California’s dyslexia guidelines (AB 1369) define the Structured Literacy approach as “best practice” in teaching reading instruction. Public school first grade teacher John Santonastaso explains how he has successfully incorporated a Structured Literacy approach into his general education classroom. Read more ›

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EdRev Expo 2019 Workshop: Understanding Dyslexia and Accommodations [presentation]

What is dyslexia and how does it affect students in the classroom? In this session, CHC’s Lisa Parnello, Literary Specialist and Wilson credentialed trainer,  identifies key characteristics of dyslexia and how it can present in the classroom. Participants also learn about accommodations to help students with dyslexia as well as evidence-based programs that help remediate reading and spelling difficulties. Read more ›

EdRev Expo 2019 Spotlight Session: The Neuroscience of Dyslexia [presentation] [video]

In this spotlight session from EdRev Expo 2019, learn about the latest neuroscience regarding dyslexia, including everyday questions and practical answers. Read more ›

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Listening to Stories: Not Just for Elementary Kids

reading 472Read-alouds are pretty much a daily standard in elementary schools. But in middle school? Not as much.

Melissa Moens, language arts teacher at Crossroads Middle School, in Northview, Michigan, thinks reading aloud to tweens is important— so much so, she makes it a point to read aloud to her seventh-graders twice every week. Read more ›

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Can Audiobooks Be the Great Equalizer for Students with Learning Differences?

An estimated 26 million students have learning differences, including tens of thousands of students with dyslexia, a neurological condition that affects reading and related language-based processing skills.

Unless educators can find new approaches to deliver reading instruction and personalize learning environments for these frustrated learners, many will fail. Read more ›

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Helping Students with Dyslexia Prepare for the ACT

dyslexia459The ACT test determines a student’s college placement and funding opportunities. Because it is a reading test, students with language-based learning difficulties need extra preparation and accommodations to do well. It may be uncomfortable to be the one who finally points out that an older student is struggling with reading, but it has to be done. Read more ›

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Top 5 Reasons to Train Teachers About Dyslexia

dyslexiablog431Written by Lisa Parnello, Literacy Specialist & Wilson Credentialed Trainer

In a sea of professional development opportunities for teachers, how do you decide what’s most important for teachers to learn? What will make the biggest impact on the students? Read more ›

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Dyslexia 101 [presentation]

In this presentation from the Palo Alto Unified School District’s Family Leadership Summit,  CHC’s Lisa Parnello builds a basic understanding of dyslexia: what it is, how it presents, and the type of instruction that benefits students with language-based learning differences. Read more ›

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