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Digital Seminar

Dyslexia and Dysgraphia: Effective Classroom Strategies to Build Students’ Reading and Writing Skills


Speaker:
Mary Asper, MS, CCC-SLP
Duration:
6 Hours 16 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Oct 23, 2020
Product Code:
POS056925
Media Type:
Digital Seminar - Also available: DVD


Description

Students CAN expand their basic reading and writing skills, even when diagnosed with Dyslexia and/or Dysgraphia.

This presentation is filled with abundant child-centered, classroom-proven strategies and materials for building skills in the seven foundational areas for reading: phonemic and phonological awareness, vocabulary and word knowledge, changes in word meaning, sentence structure, narrative composition and spelling.

Even more strategies and materials are provided for underlying characteristics that affect students’ performance such as anxiety, executive function, auditory processing and visual processing.

Take away strategies designed to accelerate your students’ progress in reading and written expression through innovative and successful field-tested methods and practical tips.

Credit


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NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after completing the on-line post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). 

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Counselors - Ohio Counselors

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Counselors - South Carolina Counselors

This self-study program has been approved for 6.0 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.


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Educators

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6.0 Actual Professional Development Hours (self-study). MEDS-PDN, powered by PESI, Inc., is a registered New Jersey Professional Development Provider with the NJ Dept of Education.  


Indiana Educators

6.0 Professional Growth Points are available for full attendance of this self-study package per the Indiana Department of Education standards.


Montana Educators

This self-study package is offered for 6.0 Renewal Units. PESI, Inc. is an Approved Renewal Unit Provider with the Montana Office of Public Instruction.


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Pennsylvania Educators & School Personnel

6.5 self-study ACT 48 Hours will be made available through Capital Area Intermediate Unit (CAIU). Those requesting ACT 48 Hours will need to follow the extra steps during the evaluation process and provide their Pennsylvania Certification Number in order to be reported to the board. Only those individuals who have a CAIU online account are eligible to receive ACT 48 Hours. 


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Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants

 

PESI, Inc.  is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 01469. This Distance Learning-Independent is offered at 0.6  CEUs Intermediate, OT Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

 


Arizona Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants

CE credit is available. This self-study course consists of 6.0​ continuing education clock hours for Arizona OTs and OTAs. The Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners (R4-43-203) confirms acceptance of continuing education programs relevant to occupational therapy that are approved by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).


Florida Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants

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Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists

This course contains 6.0 hours of self-study continuing education. It was not offered for ASHA CEUs. Please retain your certificate of completion. If audited for ASHA Certification Maintenance, you can submit this certificate of completion at that time. For state licensure, teacher certification renewal, or other credential renewal, contact those agencies for information about your reporting responsibilities and requirements.


California Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board, #PDP 319. This course meets the qualifications for 6.0 hours of self-study continuing professional development credit for Speech-Language Pathologists or Audiologists, as required by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board.


Florida Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Provider Number: 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 6.0 continuing education credits. 


Kansas Speech-Language Pathologists

Approved for 7.5 self-study continuing education clock hours for Kansas licensed Speech-Language Pathologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services.


Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.



Handouts/Brochure

Speaker

Mary Asper, MS, CCC-SLP's Profile

Mary Asper, MS, CCC-SLP Related seminars and products

Codding Hollow Associates Inc


MARY B. ASPER, MS, CCC-SLP, has over 40 years experience working with children, adults, families and educators from all walks of life in many different capacities. For the last 10 years, Mary’s focus has been on developing and implementing effective techniques and strategies to help students with language learning disabilities succeed in school.

She is involved in all areas of treatment for dyslexia, including diagnosis, program development and implementation, therapeutic intervention and professional development for SLPs and educators. Mary has developed strategies to address linguistic, cognitive and social concerns based on best-practice recommendations and current neuro-scientific findings, through her work with students from the early grades through high school.

Mary is the president and speech-language pathologist for her company, Codding Hollow Associates, Inc. and coordinates a team of related professionals who serve students with severe language learning disabilities and communication disorders.

She holds certification from the American Speech-Language Association, is a former board member for the Vermont Speech-Language Association and an instructor in Special Topics: Language Disorders for Lyndon State College in Vermont.

 

Course Content Disclosure:

Participants will be exposed to, but not formally trained in, the use of auditory integration therapies within the content of this course. ASHA Position Policy states that Auditory Integration Therapy (AIT) has not met scientific standards for efficacy that would currently justify its usage.

 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Mary Asper maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Charis Learning Center, Inc. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. Ms. Ashley receives a speaking honorarium from the Bureau of Education and Research. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Mary Asper has a brother and niece with dyslexia.


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

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Objectives

  1. Assess and discuss misunderstandings and inaccurate perceptions about the characteristics of Specific Learning Disorder diagnosis and its’ impact on student performance.
  2. Use music and physical movement to prepare the brain for learning and to enhance retention and recall.
  3. Choose appropriate interventions for letter formation, spacing, capitalization, punctuation to improve treatment outcomes.
  4. Implement techniques to boost reading comprehension and enhance critical thinking skills.
  5. Apply strategies related to the seven foundational skills of reading to inform choice of treatment interventions.
  6. Create effective methods to support students’ written language abilities and to reduce anxiety about written expression.
  7. Formulate plans to improve student outcomes in reading and written language through applying learned strategies and resources.

Outline

Dispelling Myths about Dyslexia and Dysgraphia

  • Dyslexia/Dysgraphia can be diagnosed
  • Students will not just “get over it” or grow out of it
  • Students won’t do better if they just “try harder”

Preparing the Brain For Learning

  • The benefits of music and movement for the reading/writing brain
  • Engaging positive self-talk
  • Resources for implementing movement in the classroom

Foundational skills for proficient readers

  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Phonological Awareness
  • Visual Tracking
  • Blending
  • Segmenting
  • Multi-syllable Words
  • Fluency

Boosting Comprehension

  • Identifying unknown words
  • Thinking and remembering in categories
  • Creating meaningful, memorable definitions
  • Inference and prediction, Idioms, Multiple-Meaning Words
  • Literal vs. Figurative language
  • Fact vs. Opinion

Strategies for Written Expression

  • Improving letter formation, spacing, capitalization, punctuation
  • Overcoming spelling difficulties
  • Choosing words to write with
  • Building Sentences
  • Writing from Pictures
  • Collecting and using ideas for writing

Assistive Technology, Accommodations and Supports

 

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Teachers
  • Paraprofessionals
  • Speech-Language Pathologists
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Occupational Therapy Assistants
  • Other Helping Professionals that Work with Children

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