CARSplus 2025 Annual Special Education Convention
Location: Sacramento Double Tree, 2001 Point West Way, Sacramento, CA 95185
Dates: February 21-22, 2025
Presenters: Erika Blackwell, Regional Director for Lindamood-Bell for Schools
Presentation Description:
To engage in a communicating world, students must effectively comprehend language yet many curricula treat language comprehension as a byproduct of background knowledge and vocabulary. This approach results in the most disadvantaged students being left behind. Creating mental images for language is foundational to listening and reading comprehension. Concept imagery underlies the acquisition of background knowledge, vocabulary development, language expression, and critical thinking. Participants will learn how the imagery-language connection, aligned with the Dual Coding Theory of cognition, is foundational to helping all students meet their learning potential. Instructional strategies will be introduced on the explicit development of imagery.