Train-the-Trainer: DYSLEXIA - Best Targeted Interventions for Greater Literacy Success (Grades K-6)

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Is your school or district looking for what it takes to help students who may have dyslexia to be more successful readers and spellers? National presenter and science of reading expert Heather Kenny has developed a fast-paced, practical, train-the-trainer opportunity to help you train your teachers in using proven literacy strategies that help all your students who have or may have dyslexia. In this two-day seminar, you'll learn the most up-to-date information on dyslexia along with a wealth of proven strategies and resources designed to help you offer the best possible literacy instruction for students with dyslexia. The most current information on brain research related to reading and dyslexia as well as highly practical ways to increase reading and spelling success will be explained in very practical terms. You will learn numerous targeted interventions to help staff maximize their teaching time and improve literacy outcomes for your students with dyslexia.

You'll leave the institute with numerous research-based interventions you can use immediately to target students' specific needs so that students who have or may have dyslexia can experience greater literacy success. You will also gain tips, strategies, and extensive resources to aid you in training or coaching other educators in your school or district in best literacy practices.

Send one or more staff members or teacher leaders to this training program and they will return to your school(s) with professional development strategies and resources to support and train your staff to better facilitate high-quality reading instruction focusing on the specific needs of students who have or may have dyslexia. Participants will learn:

If you are interested in providing high-quality training in assessing and addressing the specific needs of struggling readers who demonstrate the characteristics of dyslexia to your teachers, school(s) or district, this is the perfect opportunity. Send one teacher, a coach, or a team and they will leave with an extensive digital resource training handbook filled with the tools needed for their own training, along with access to a companion web-based link filled with additional resources and a PowerPoint template to use and adapt to meet the needs of your own training. The focus of the two-day training will be on how to implement the crucial components necessary to identify and target the reading gaps and support your most struggling students in becoming more proficient readers.

As educators, we are charged with providing our students with the strong foundation of literacy skills that they need in order to be successful in school and in life. But any experienced educator or literacy leader knows that it is no easy task! We've all worked with students who have had difficulty learning to read and spell … even despite our best efforts to teach them. The result can be frustration on the part of the students and the teachers. Happily, it does not have to be this way.

Thanks to the latest research findings, we better understand how reading occurs in the brain and why some students experience difficulty in learning to read. We have the knowledge we need to help students with dyslexia build efficient neural pathways that are required for reading success. Perhaps the best news of all is that the highly effective, research-based techniques that are recommended for students with dyslexia, are the same techniques that can improve the literacy development of all of our learners!

Over the course of my career, I have amassed a wealth of highly practical information, resources, strategies, tips, and techniques that can help you optimize your literacy instruction. Join me at this unique, two-day train-the-trainer institute to discover valuable tools and practical strategies that your schools can use immediately to help students who are struggling every day with reading and spelling. You'll also walk away with tips, tricks, and resources for training your colleagues in these highly effective practices.

I am excited to spend two days with your team of reading educators and teacher leaders, talking about the science of reading, and sharing teacher-friendly, time-efficient strategies that you can take back to your districts, schools and classroom to help your dyslexic students thrive. I look forward to meeting you at the institute!

P.S. As an experienced teacher educator, I understand the unique challenges your team faces in meeting the needs of struggling readers. This leadership institute is designed to give your schools what they need to help students with dyslexia find a pathway to greater success!

Teacher Leaders, Professional Development Trainers, Literacy Coaches, Reading Specialists, Classroom Teachers, Special Education Staff, Title I Staff, Curriculum Directors, and Administrators Serving Grades K-6

Extensive Digital Resource Handbook Each participant will receive an extensive digital resource handbook giving you access to countless strategies. The handbook includes training resources to help you and your staff with:

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.

Consultation Available Heather Kenny 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

• Train your staff on techniques that are consistent with reading science and build foundational skills and support literacy success for students who have or may have dyslexia
• Build teacher expertise with research-based intervention strategies for students who have or may have dyslexia
• Practical suggestions for instructing students based on targeted reading needs, including successful interventions in all five pillars of reading
• Receive key information on how to deliver high-quality, engaging, and effective dyslexia training sessions to your staff