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15-Hour Seminars

Instructional Strategies for Assisting Students with Language-Based Learning Disabilities – Summer Institute 2024

Designed to enhance direct, explicit instruction for students with language-based learning disabilities (LBLD), this 15-hour, 2-day seminar introduces a selection of specific language-based teaching strategies and materials to help young people succeed in school. 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, planning); and academic skills (reading comprehension, vocabulary development, note-taking, pre-writing, composition).

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 to help students succeed in academic areas requiring study and writing skills

Massachusetts Educators: This seminar meets the professional re-licensure requirement for “at least 15 PDPs related to training in strategies for effective schooling for students with disabilities and the instruction of students with diverse learning styles.

LEVEL

This course is appropriate for educators at the middle school level. 

MATERIALS

Materials will be provided on-site.

GRADUATE CREDIT

There is an option to add one (1) graduate credit to this 15-hour course from Fitchburg State University. Graduate credit is optional; the cost is $210 and the non-refundable payment is made directly to Fitchburg. The timeline to opt into graduate credit is firm and details will be available once the course begins so you can make your final decision at that time.

ADDITIONAL COURSE LOGISTICS

• Delivery mode: In-person.
• Attendance: Live, on the date and time listed in the course information section.