DYSLEXIA Early Intervention: Practical Strategies for Intercepting and Correcting Reading Difficulties (Grades K-6)

Presented by Karla O'brien
Outstanding Dyslexia Educator, Author and National Presenter

Specifically Designed for Educators Serving Students in Grades K-6: Classroom Teachers, Reading Specialists, Literacy Coaches, Title I Staff, Special Education Staff, Instructional Assistants, Interventionists, and Administrators

Research-based strategies for identifying and teaching students with dyslexia
Evidence-based interventions for intercepting a path of failure for students who have or may have dyslexia
Best instructional strategies known to correct reading difficulties for struggling students grades K-6
Receive an extensive digital resource handbook including additional tools, tutorials, and materials you can use for creating the best dyslexia early intervention

Practical Ideas and Strategies

In this NEW strategy-packed seminar, Karla O'Brien, a teacher, literacy specialist, and national consultant with extensive experience in dyslexia education and interventions, will share scientifically-based instructional strategies to meet the needs of your grades K-6 striving readers who have or may have dyslexia. Recognizing that two out of ten students are affected by dyslexia, you will learn how to better support the students in your classroom with assessment tools and early intervention strategies to better meet their needs in your classroom. Highly practical and helpful instructional methods will be presented and practiced.

You will leave this highly worthwhile one-day seminar with an increased skill set for reading instruction and assessment in helping your students with reading difficulties due to dyslexia. No matter your experience level with dyslexia, you will leave this seminar confident in the knowledge you have gained and with ready-to-use instructional interventions your students will benefit from immediately.

Ten Key Benefits of Attending

Intercept and Correct Reading Difficulties for Your Students Showing Signs of Dyslexia
From brain research to individual testimonials, learn how to recognize the signs and symptoms of dyslexia and gain practical ideas you can use to help students with dyslexia in your grades K-6 classroom
Early Interventions That Interrupt the Path to Bigger Problems
Stop early reading problems before they grow into bigger issues … Learn what matters most for preventing and correcting reading difficulties for students who have or may have dyslexia and get your struggling readers on the path to success
Highly Practical Tutorials and Tools for Dyslexia Early Intervention
Receive access to Karla's online resource folder containing helpful tools you can use into the future
Assess and Screen Your Students for the Most Common Traits of Dyslexia
Set yourself up for the most effective reading intervention possible … Leave this seminar with dozens of options for screening and assessment that will help you pinpoint and correct specific student needs
Address Your Students' Lack of Foundational Reading Skills
Practical foundational skills ideas that work whether you are introducing them to younger learners or providing in-the-moment corrections for an older students' specific reading difficulty
Early Interventions That Help Your Students Become More Successful Readers
For your students who live with dyslexia, lack of confidence can be debilitating … Enhance your early interventions with techniques, materials and activities that will help your struggling readers both perceive and experience greater success in reading
Strengthen Your Students' Word Recognition Skills
Design word recognition interventions to help your students' with dyslexia improve their reading fluency and overall comprehension
Multisensory Interventions That Work for Students With Dyslexia
Learn how to accelerate your students decoding, spelling, writing, speaking, and listening skills with multi-sensory instruction strategies that you can easily incorporate into your existing program
Strengthen Brain Pathways to Help Students With Dyslexia Succeed
Understand how reading develops in both the typical readers' brain and the dyslexic readers' brain, and learn practical techniques to improve key brain pathways for improved reading
Receive an Extensive Dyslexia Early Intervention Digital Resource Handbook
Each participant will receive an extensive digital resource handbook that includes detailed descriptions and practical classroom tools and applications of the dyslexia intervention strategies presented at this seminars

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Here's what you'll learn:

How to strengthen your professional practice in support of students with dyslexia
The best strategies to support early interventions for students with dyslexia
Use quick formative and summative assessments that allow you to learn the strengths and challenges of your struggling readers
Quick and effective ways to improve communication between school and home
Practical multi-sensory interventions and progress measures
Free and low-cost technology you can use for early intervention for dyslexia
Scientifically-based, research-validated multi-sensory literacy interventions for immediate implementation
Valuable ways your early intervention can also maximize student motivation, behavior and reading growth
What dyslexia is and what it isn't
Research-based teaching techniques and tools for reinforcing and strengthening your students' reading and spelling proficiency in grades K-6
How to assess your students' skills more easily in the most important areas related to decoding and spelling
Practical ways to implement scientifically-researched strategies for more successful dyslexia intervention
Key strategies for working with students who struggle with reading due to dyslexia
Innovative and creative techniques to make better decisions for your early dyslexia interventions

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

Navigating the realm of dyslexia can be as frustrating for the teacher as it can be for the student. Teachers are natural helpers, but we can become disheartened when our help leads to minimal student progress. Still, students with dyslexia walk through our doors every day. In fact, one in five students has some degree of dyslexia, and the early years are the most critical to set a student on a pathway to a successful educational experience.

The science behind literacy instruction is gaining more traction, along with more opportunities to learn effective instructional knowledge. Together, we will dive into the most up-to-date research and learn how to not only rewire our students' brains for reading but also use evidence-based practices to accelerate reading acquisition in even the most challenged individual.

I will share proven strategies and instructional materials that you can immediately implement to impact your students' overall reading growth. Additionally, you will learn how to use quick and easy assessments to help pinpoint the problems your students face, and the best instructional methods to solve them.

We know that literacy has the power to open up a student's world. I have experienced its positive effect on hundreds of students over the course of my career, and my passion is to provide fellow teachers with the knowledge and tools to impact their students in the same way. So, thank you for wanting to learn more for your students! Through much research and evidence, we are confident that every individual can receive the gift of literacy.

Sincerely,
Karla O'Brien

P.S. I've always found seminars most valuable when they provide actionable ideas I can use immediately. With that goal in mind, I've crafted this seminar to empower you with practical strategies you can implement in your teaching practice to help you intercept reading difficulties and get students back on track as readers!

Who Should Attend

Educators Serving Students in Grades K-6: Classroom Teachers, Reading Specialists, Literacy Coaches, Title I Staff, Special Education Staff, Instructional Assistants, Interventionists, and Administrators

Special Benefits of Attending

Extensive Digital Resource Handbook
Each participant will receive an extensive digital resource handbook specifically designed for this seminar. The handbook includes:

Tips for dyslexia early intervention, screening, and assessment
Practical approaches and instructional strategies for helping your students with dyslexia
Free and low-cost digital resources to support your dyslexia interventions
Practical tools, applications, and tutorials for more powerful dyslexia interventions

For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.

Share Ideas
This seminar provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to share ideas with other educators interested in enhancing their dyslexia intervention programs geared toward younger readers.

Consultation Available
Karla O'Brien will be available at the seminar to address your questions and the unique needs of your own program.

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