This 15-hour, two-day seminar introduces a selection of specific teaching strategies for students with language-based learning disabilities (LBLD), as well as useful materials to help young people gain success in school. Designed to enhance direct, explicit instruction of students with LBLD, this is a strategy-heavy seminar with an array of supplied materials that are readily usable in a classroom. The following three core modules will be addressed: overview of language-based learning disabilities (core knowledge, best practices); organizational skills (time & materials management); and academic skills (reading comprehension, vocabulary development, note-taking, pre-writing, composition).
This 15-hour course involves 12 hours of in-person instruction and an additional three hours of independent work. Please note that the three hours of independent work can be completed before the end of the second day.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Define the fundamental concepts and meaning of the term “language-based learning disabilities”
- Recognize and explain how to implement appropriate interventions for a student with organizational deficits
- Recognize and explain how to implement appropriate interventions for helping students succeed in academic areas requiring study and writing skills