Summer 2021: Online and Virtual Courses

These courses are entirely self-paced and will be offered online with the guidance and feedback of an experienced Landmark instructor.

6 Week Courses
15 Hours/PDPs
July 6 – August 17, 2021

• Comprehending Language: Reading and Writing
• Executive Function: Impact on Academic Proficiency
• Instructing English Language Learners with Learning Disabilities
• Language-Based Learning Disabilities: Strategies for Success
• Study Skills: Strategies to Support Executive Function
• Supporting Students’ Reading: Phonemic Awareness to Comprehension
• Understanding Students with Dyslexia
• Written Expression: Scaffolded Strategies for Beginning Writers

10 Week Courses
3 Graduate Credits
July 6 – September 14, 2021

• Understanding Students with Dyslexia
• Written Expression: Scaffolded Strategies for Beginning Writers

Our Spotlight Sessions are one-hour webinars presented by both Landmark instructors and outside speakers.

Monday July 12:

• 11am – Diagnostic Writing Assessment: Implementation and Evaluation
• 1pm – Building Contextual Reading Fluency Through Phrase-Level Practice

Tuesday July 13:

• 9am – Building Vocabulary Knowledge and Strategies Across Content Areas to Support Language Development
• 11am – Technology and Materials Management: Setting up for a Successful School Year
• 1pm – Improving Reading with Executive Functions: Cognitive Skills, the Summer Slide and COVID

Wednesday July 14:

• 9am – Supporting Students in Developing Automatic Word Recognition
• 11am – Assessments to Determine Expressive Language Disorders
• 1pm – Diagnosing Students with LBLD: The Critical Role of Neuropsychological Testing

Thursday July 15:

• 9am – Specific Learning Disabilities and 2020 MA Bureau of Special Education Appeals Decisions
• 11am – Developing Vocabulary and Study Skills for Students with LBLD through Content

Friday July 16:

• 9am – Dyslexia in Middle and High School Classrooms
• 11am – Helping Students Manage Worry and Anxiety: Strategies for Self-Regulation and Success in the Classroom

Many of the in-person courses that Outreach is offering during this week will also be available for virtual attendance.

One-Day Workshops (8:30-3:30):

• Monday 7/19 – Time Management, Organization, and Vocabulary Development for Students with LBLD
• Monday 7/19 – Understanding and Implementing Neuropsychological Reports and Recommendations for Students with LBLD
• Wednesday 7/21 – Building Reading Skills Through Writing Instruction
• Wednesday 7/21 – Landmark’s Six Teaching Principles
• Wednesday 7/21 – Writing Instruction: Teaching Text Structure
• Thursday 7/22 – Classroom Strategies to Support Students with Social Skills Challenges
• Friday 7/23 – Applying a Study Skills Framework to Your Academic Support Classroom
• Friday 7/23 – The Whole Student: Understanding Students’ Social-Emotional Needs and Strategies for Classroom Success
• Friday 7/23 – Cognition, Language, and the Acquisition of Math Competency
• Friday 7/23 – Key Considerations for Identifying and Supporting English Language Learners with Learning Disabilities

Two-Day Seminars (8:30-3:30):

Optional graduate credit available for an additional $125

• July 19-20 – How Social Communication Skills Impact Reading Comprehension and Written Expression
• July 19-20 – Developing Skilled Independent Readers
• July 19-20 – Practical Classroom Strategies to Support Executive Function
• July 19-20 – Develop Cardinality and Number Sense with Whole-to-Part Icons of Quantity
• July 20-21 – Educational Technology: Expand Your Knowledge of the Google Suite
• July 21-22 – Special Education Law
• July 21-22 – Adolescents with Dyslexia: Best Practices to Support Increased Language Demands
• July 21-22 – A Diagnostic Approach to Planning Decoding and Reading Fluency Lessons: Using Assessments to Drive Instructional Choices
• July 22-23 – Using Metacognitive Strategies to Teach Writing
• July 22-23 – Educational Technology to Support Language-Based Learning Disabilities