15-Hour Seminars
IN-PERSON COURSE LOGISTICS
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Designed to enhance direct, explicit instruction of 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:
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 who work at the middle and high school levels.
MATERIALS
Materials will be provided on-site.
GRADUATE CREDIT OPTION
Participants may elect to add 1 graduate credit to this course. Graduate credit is an additional $125 and is granted by Colorado State University-Pueblo.
Credits | |
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15 Hours/PDPs 1 Optional Graduate Credit |
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Dates/Time | Price |
July 19-20, 2023 8:30am - 4:00pm |
$400 |
Registration is unavailable at this time.
Over 98% of educators felt that their Outreach Summer Institute seminar provided them with strategies and tools that will help their students.
Anna DiPerna is the Assistant Math Department Head at the Landmark Elementary Middle School and a Math and Reading/Writing teacher. Since starting with Landmark in 2002, she has taught math, language arts, reading tutorials, and oral expression/literature classes. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Rice University and her Master of Science in special education from Simmons University.