Two-Day Conference: 2026 DYSLEXIA Conference: Building Confident Readers (Grades K-6)) Presented by Expert Instructors

Building Confident Readers

Choose from 21 Strategy-Packed Conference Sessions

• Expert Instructors
• Dyslexia Resources
• Hundreds of Practical Strategies
… and Much More!

Uniquely Qualified Instructors

Heather Kenny is an outstanding educator and presenter. Over the course of her 25-year career in education, she has served as a classroom teacher and dyslexia tutor. Heather works closely with schools and districts to support teachers in implementing practical, science-based instructional techniques that can improve literacy outcomes for students with dyslexia. Heather understands the challenges that today's educators face as they strive to address the needs of all readers. She is passionate about empowering teachers with knowledge and skills so that they are well-equipped to provide their students, particularly those who fit the profile of dyslexia, with optimally-effective literacy instruction.

Mark Weakland is an outstanding educator, author and national presenter. An experienced special education teacher and reading specialist, he has worked extensively with children diagnosed with dyslexia or thought to have dyslexia. As a reading consultant and instructional coach, Mark understands the challenges teachers face in supporting students with dyslexia. Mark's sessions are practical, inspiring, and filled with use-tomorrow strategies, activities and teaching techniques to help students with dyslexia and ALL students become better readers, writers and spellers.

Nancy Hannagan is an outstanding educator and presenter with over 20 years of experience as a classroom teacher, special education teacher, and dyslexia consultant. She works closely with elementary teachers to implement practical, research-based instructional techniques that improve specially designed instruction for struggling readers, including students with dyslexia. Nancy is passionate about equipping teachers with effective strategies to help all readers reach their full potential. Her seminars are practical, inspiring, and filled with techniques educators can immediately apply to their classrooms.

Conference Agenda

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

About BER Live Online Events

With the current health challenges, all BER in-person PD events are currently being presented in a Live Online format:

• Outstanding Instructors
  All programs are led by outstanding BER national trainers
• Extensive Resource Handbooks
  You'll have access to an extensive digital Resource Handbook before, during and after your seminar
• Highly Interactive
  You'll be able to ask questions in real time and interact with the instructor and other participants
• Program Guarantee
  As we have for 48 years, we guarantee the high quality of our programs. If you are not satisfied, we'll give you a 100% refund.

Special Benefits of Attending

Comprehensive Digital Resource Handbook
You will receive an extensive digital resource handbook, specifically designed for this conference. Included in the handbook are resource materials for ALL conference sessions, even those you don't attend. These materials include:

• Practical, research-based techniques and classroom activities for supporting students who have or may have dyslexia
• Strategies that help build important pathways in the brain, needed for literacy success
• Important information on what dyslexia is, what it isn't, and how to identify children at risk for reading difficulty
• Tips and ideas for making your literacy instruction more supportive for students with dyslexia

Semester Credit Option
Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.

Meet Inservice Requirements
Participants of both the Live Online Seminar and those completing the Recorded Version online can receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify five continuing education hours. State CEUs are available for both versions of the course. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/ceus.

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