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Competent executive skills are critical to success inside and outside school. Without an effective executive managing the brain, papers disappear, deadlines are missed, and answers...
Phonological awareness, spelling, and vocabulary comprehension are interconnected skills necessary for literacy. Through a discovery-based approach to literacy instruction using Socratic questioning to augment direct...
This one-day workshop will offer insight regarding the educational implications of language-based learning disabilities for students in today’s classrooms. Topics of discussion will include an...
This seminar will focus on recognizing students with expressive language deficits, developing practical teaching strategies and classroom techniques, and promoting individual student success through direct...
Learn strategies for getting students interacting in a math class and learning the content in a non-threatening atmosphere. It is not uncommon as a special...
We often think of social communication in terms of speaking and listening skills, or face-to-face conversations. This seminar will examine how social communication extends to...
Over the course of two days, participants will have the opportunity to engage in multiple workshops with four veteran Landmark elementary and middle school educators....
3 graduate credits provided by Fitchburg State University Cost includes graduate credit fee Executive Function: Impact of Academic Proficiency is offered in a blended format, with a...
This seminar focuses on identifying students with language-based learning disabilities (LBLD); understanding the differences between LBLD and a non-verbal learning disability (NVLD); and understanding/interpreting the...
Designed to enhance direct, explicit instruction of students with language-based learning disabilities (LBLD), this 15-hour, two-day seminar introduces a selection of specific LBLD teaching strategies...
This hands-on two-day workshop explores research-based methods for teaching students the art of writing sentences and building them into meaningful texts. On Day 1, participants...
How can classroom instruction help those students who struggle with comprehension? While reading intervention often addresses decoding and fluency to support struggling readers, instructional practices...
This Learning Lab addresses the components of written expression necessary to successfully write at the middle and high school level. In the morning sessions on...
Competent executive skills are critical to academic success. Without an effective executive managing the brain, papers disappear, deadlines are missed, and answers are left incomplete...
Research verifies the importance of phonemic awareness (the ability to think consciously about and manipulate individual sounds within words) as a precursor to successful reading....
This seminar addresses metacognitive knowledge, motivation insight, and the appropriate use of strategies to increase reading comprehension. Emphasis will be placed on supporting the skillful...
Learning math can be challenging, especially for students who have specific learning disabilities. Language skills, executive functioning, motor planning, and math-specific visual processing skills all...
Writing research indicates that students who understand how sentences and paragraphs are structured are able use this knowledge as they learn to write. Students with...
According to recent statistics, the number of English Language Learners (ELLs) in classrooms is increasing. With this comes the fact that some of those students...
Need inspiration for your Algebra 1 classes? This is the course for you! The instructor has created a curriculum for her Algebra 1 classes that...
This seminar will empower teachers to plan their classroom instruction based on both students’ previous assessment results, as well as performance on ongoing formative assessments....
The ability to conduct research is an integral component of the writing process. In order for students to effectively use writing to convey their knowledge...
Many children with language-based learning disabilities (LBLD) struggle daily to communicate and make sense of their social world. For many of these students, social skills,...
Does reading enhance written expression? Does writing enhance reading comprehension? Does increasing how frequently students write improve how well they read and reflect their understanding?...
The purpose of this two-day learning lab is to provide participants with exposure to the Interactive Student Notebook system. During the seminar, discussion will focus...
Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) is research-validated approach to writing (including formative assessment, modeling, graphic organizers, rubrics) and self-regulation strategies for writing (including goal setting, self-monitoring,...
This week-long graduate level course provides participants an overview of study skills, defined as the effective organization of materials, time, and information. While the development...
Landmark School uses a five-step, sequential model for teaching writing skills that incorporates modeling and teaching metacognition throughout each step. This process includes brainstorming, organizing...
This seminar will focus on the oral domains of language – listening and speaking – and their relationship to language-based learning disabilities. Although it is...
This interactive course features innovative methods to explain and perform concepts and procedures customarily taught at the middle school level. Concrete manipulatives, graphic organizers, gross...
Individuals with language-based learning disabilities (LBLD) generally have significantly reduced language capabilities that make learning difficult. As students with language-based learning disabilities move into middle...
Do you find yourself at a loss at how to address a student’s behavior? Have you tried to explain how a student’s behavior reflects poorly...
Enhanced Core Reading Instruction (ECRI) is a multi-tiered program featuring a series of teaching routines designed to increase the effectiveness of reading instruction in grades...
Language-based learning disabilities affect students’ abilities to complete language tasks in multiple domains, including reading, writing, listening, and speaking. This seminar will focus on receptive...
This seminar will give practical steps for building problem-solving skills within a math classroom. Participants will be given strategies that enhance the learning environment and...
A student with dyslexia who is confused by typical math instruction can excel when instructed in a way that always shows the big picture first,...
This seminar will provide a comprehensive review of new special education law developments and trends over the past year. With a primary emphasis on Massachusetts...
This one day workshop models strategies to mediate language and elicit responses from students with language-based learning disabilities. Without strategies to ensure the success of...
