English Language Learners and Dyslexia: Practical Strategies That Work (Grades K-5)

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Are you searching for ways to help ELL students who have or may have dyslexia to be more successful readers, writers and spellers? In this seminar, distinguished ELL Teacher, Special Educator, and Dual-Language Teacher Pamela Fuenzalida will share dozens of powerful instructional techniques, research-based strategies and many classroom activities all designed to support the success of ELL students with dyslexia. Gain a wealth of practical strategies for boosting reading, writing and spelling achievement, and increasing students' confidence. Drawing on cutting-edge research and MRI brain studies, Pamela will explore how and why dyslexia develops, and present a wealth of practical strategies, techniques and activities you can use to help activate and strengthen specific reading, spelling and language circuits in the brain.

Enhance your instruction and help your ELL students who have or may have dyslexia experience success in reading, writing and spelling. Join literacy expert Pamela Fuenzalida for a fast-paced, engaging day of learning!

Teaching ELL students is extremely rewarding. It also brings many challenges especially when they struggle despite all their effort and hard work. Fortunately, research exploring the connections between cognition, brain structure and learning clearly shows us how reading works in the brain, why some children develop reading impairments and dyslexia, and most importantly, what we can do to support and accelerate the learning of ELL students who have dyslexia.

Join me for a day designed to equip you with practical tips and ideas that focus and enhance the instructional techniques, learning strategies and classroom activities you use in your literacy program to support ELL students who have or may have dyslexia. All the strategies I will share not only help these students to build better functioning neural pathways, but can help all of your readers to excel and achieve.

The knowledge, strategies, activities and assessments you gather in this seminar will help you teach and empower ELL students who have or may have dyslexia to be more successful readers, writers and spellers. And because I know firsthand that teachers are some of the busiest people in the world, everything I present is practical and time efficient.

I look forward to spending the day with you, exploring how to maximize your instruction so it supports English Language Learners with dyslexia, while strengthening the learning of your typically developing students. Now, more than ever, science has shown us how to help children with reading impairments. New understandings about how the brain works have given us an opportunity to reexamine literacy and its component parts. How fortunate we are to have this opportunity. I look forward to meeting you at my seminar!

P.S. If you are interested in gaining knowledge, strategies, and activities that will positively impact the reading achievement of your ELL students, this is the seminar for you.

Educators Serving Students in Grades K-5: ESL Teachers, Classroom Teachers Who Teach ELL Students, Title I Staff, Reading Specialists, and Interventionists

Extensive Digital Resource Handbook Each participant will receive an extensive digital resource handbook giving you access to countless strategies. The handbook includes:

For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.

Share Ideas This seminar provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to share ideas with other educators interested in enhancing their ELL Intervention program.

Consultation Available Pamela Fuenzalida will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own program.

Semester Credit Option Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.

Meet Inservice Requirements Participants of both the Live Online Seminar and those completing the Recorded Version online can receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify five continuing education hours. State CEUs are available for both versions of the course. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/ceus.

What you'll learn

• Best, most current information on dyslexia and ELLs and how to differentiate between language acquisition and a specific learning disability which will guide educators in creating appropriate MTSS referrals
• Practical classroom interventions and proven strategies to build foundational reading for ELL students who have or may have dyslexia
• The most effective practices to help your ELLs who have or may have dyslexia improve their reading
• Receive an extensive digital resource handbook to assist you in helping your ELL students with dyslexia to successfully read, write and spell