Behavior and Brain Perspectives on Building Fluency: From the Neuroscience Lab to the Classroom – Webinars Fall 2025

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1 hour	Webinars for Educators	October 7, 2025 4:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern	$0	You must have an account to register for courses. Create an Account Already have an account? Log In

Webinar Description

Building a fluent, reading brain has been equated with conducting an orchestra or doing rocket science. Because fluent comprehension can be considered the outcome of all the component process that make up reading, it is one of the hardest areas to assess, teach, and change. In this presentation, I will bring my perspectives from studying reading, especially fluency, from its earliest predictors and building blocks to its outcomes in the high school classroom and beyond. Importantly, I will draw on brain, child assessment, and intervention perspectives. This will include a review of repeated reading vs. other intervention approaches, and the neuroscience studies that inform us about how a reading brain functions and how we can support it.

Webinar Logistics

Type: Webinars for Educators
Duration: 1 hour
Attendance: This session is offered in both live and on-demand formats. To access either format, please register before the live presentation is held. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link. You may then use the same Zoom link to both watch live and view the recording.
Platform: Zoom. Login credentials emailed before the course begins

Level

All Grade Levels

Materials

All materials will be shared electronically.

Credits

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About the Instructor

Elizabeth Norton

Elizabeth Norton is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northwestern University. As the Director of the Language, Education and Reading Neuroscience (LEARN) Lab, her research investigates the brain and behavioral basis of language and reading development and disorders, particularly dyslexia and developmental language disorder. She uses measures of children’s environments, abilities, mental health, and brains to investigate these questions. Fueled by her experience as a high school science teacher at Landmark School, she carries a deep interest in sharing and applying research findings in the community. She has authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications, led three NIH-funded research grants, and has been honored with a fellowship for teaching excellence at Northwestern. Dr. Norton earned her BA in Language and Brain Development at Dartmouth College, PhD in Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University, and completed postdoctoral training in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT.

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