Webinar Date & Time: Wednesday, October 12 | 4:00–5:00 p.m. ET

Presented by: Tim Odegard, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Chair of Excellence in Dyslexic Studies, Middle Tennessee State University

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In honor of Dyslexia Awareness Month, we’ll examine the history of dyslexia, how it can be identified, and how to provide effective supports for students with reading difficulties, including dyslexia.
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Presented by: Dr. Ben Clarke
Professor, School Psychology Program & Director of the Center on Teaching and Learning, University of Oregon
 
 
The goal of the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support framework is to ensure all children benefit from high-quality instruction and that those students who need additional support to fill gaps in their knowledge and skills receive intervention.

Whether your district has already implemented MTSS for mathematics or is just getting started, tune in to this hour-long webinar for guidance to develop, implement, and refine math-focused MTSS.
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Access to high-quality, equitable math instruction is hardly a given, especially for historically marginalized students. Every child deserves a math education that allows them to make sense of the world quantitatively and to appreciate their own power to reason.

During this on-demand webinar Dr. Kyndall Brown, co-author of Choosing to See: A Framework for Equity in the Math Classroom, will share guidance and a framework for fostering a culture of inclusion.
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Syntax and sentence comprehension are critical yet often forgotten contributors to comprehension. The science tells us that the ability to understand sentence structure, or syntax, is critical to students’ comprehension of written text. The skilled reader has to understand not only the meanings of the words but also the ideas conveyed within and between sentences while integrating background knowledge to infer what is implied in the text. While individual words contribute to the meaning of the ideas, syntax provides the structure for ordering and organizing these idea units within the sentence. It supports the reader’s understanding of who or what did what to whom, when, where, and how within the sentence. An understanding of how the structure of sentences conveys meaning is particularly important as texts increase in complexity through the grades. READ MORE

While most elementary-age children learn to read well when they receive strong Tier 1 instruction based on the science of reading, every classroom has students who need additional help.

Watch Drs. Carrie Thomas Beck, Michelle Hosp, and Monica Ng in this on-demand webinar to learn practical solutions for providing Tier 2 interventions to students struggling to learn to read. They share: READ MORE