Comprehending Language: Reading and Listening is offered in a blended format, with a one-day in-person session, followed by 10 weeks of online coursework. The in-person...
This is a complimentary seminar available to educators, but registration is required. Please call Outreach at (978) 236-3216 to inquire about available seats in this...
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...
Many students with language-based learning disabilities struggle to interpret and use social communication skills, also known as pragmatics. Daily challenges may include maintaining a conversational...
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 week-long graduate course will provide students with an intensive opportunity to explore, analyze, and discuss the theoretical underpinnings of reading development and research-driven instructional...
Writing research indicates that students who understand how sentences and paragraphs are structured are able to use this knowledge as they learn to write. Children...
This seminar will provide an overview of assessment measures used to identify students with LBLD (language-based learning disabilities). Topics include: commonly used terms, ethics of...
Today’s teenagers are inundated by technology, growing up in what the world has deemed the “Digital Age.” More and more, colleges, universities and schools across...
Writing a persuasive, research-based paper is a capstone activity for many social science courses at the high school level and beyond, but this can be...
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...
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...
Individuals with language-based learning disabilities (LBLD) generally have significant weaknesses in spelling performance. This two-day seminar begins with a brief overview of spelling development followed...
In this course you will discuss the needs of different learners in your classroom and the inherent difficulties of learning mathematics in middle and high...
This basic to intermediate level session is designed for speech-language therapists, reading specialists, classroom teachers and parents with basic knowledge of terms for components of...
How do we help students genuinely comprehend and incorporate what they are learning into their fund of knowledge? How can comprehension skills be modeled and...
Individuals with language-based learning disabilities (LBLD) generally have significantly reduced language capabilities that not only make learning difficult but also may affect performance in the...
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...
There are multiple “social” demands that exist throughout the academic day that require students to interact in a meaningful, thoughtful manner. Students who have been...
In addition to formal assessments, there is invaluable knowledge to be gained about students’ performance and progress on an ongoing basis through formative assessment. This...
Middle and high school teachers now have multiple options when considering what technology to use in their math classrooms. This interactive course will explore a...
This seminar will provide an overview of Landmark’s Study Skills model, as well as practical hands-on application of study skills strategies and teaching techniques. Specific...
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...
This course explores the variables that contribute to and get in the way of student motivation and self-determination. Participants will look at student motivation through...
This seminar will focus on the oral domains of language – listening and speaking – and their relationship to language-based learning disabilities. Although it is...
Study skills are strategies that can be used to efficiently manage and organize time, materials, and information. Utilizing these skills in a manner that is...
In this seminar, participants will learn strategies for helping elementary and lower middle school students put their thoughts into writing. Specifically, methods for developing thematic...
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...
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 course presents a discussion and analysis of reading fluency and the decoding components which comprise it. The scope and sequence of decoding patterns from...
When completing any task, there are always potential areas for improvement, but students need proper encouragement to help them understand this philosophy. Too often, students...
Competent executive skills are critical components to literary comprehension and written expression. Without an effective “executive” managing the brain, there are a myriad of ways...
As students with language-based learning disabilities move into middle school, the reading, writing, and study skills necessary for being successful in the content areas can...
This seminar will present and discuss Landmark School’s Teaching PrinciplesTM and how teachers can effectively implement the six principles in their classroom. All too often,...
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...
This seminar provides an overview of Landmark’s Study Skills model, as well as practical hands-on application of study skills strategies and teaching techniques. Topics include:...
This course will provide an overview of contributions from the overlap of cognitive neuroscience and education, with a focus on reading. Specific content to be...
This two-day seminar provides both an overview of the law and an update of key new developments in special education law including three new relevant...
What is the entity that your students encounter on a daily basis in your classroom? The way in which we present ourselves and how we...
