Dyslexia Awareness Month – Join Us for a Webinar
For Dyslexia Awareness Month, we are again sharing our belief that all individuals can be taught to learn to their potential—including those who have a previous diagnosis of dyslexia. Is Dyslexia Permanent? Researchers from the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, University of Washington, have published peer-reviewed research on dyslexia that explores how…
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This is the rescheduled October 6, 2021 webinar. October 20, 2021 11 a.m. PDT/ 2 p.m. EDT Join us for our latest webinar: Spotlight on Special Education – Fulton County Schools Fulton County Schools in Georgia is a large, diverse school district in the Atlanta area. In 2019, the district began to address their ongoing…
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Effective Comprehension Instruction Through Standards Best practices in developing comprehension are supported by a sensory-cognitive instructional methodology. As Einstein put it, “If I can’t picture it, I can’t understand it.” Comprehension instruction, in the form of teaching students how to visualize language (concept imagery), is a critical missing piece in standards-based instruction. Concept imagery is…
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Accelerating Reading and Closing Learning Gaps with Sensory-Cognitive Instruction Students everywhere have lost months of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, with disadvantaged students experiencing the largest impacts. Kentwood Public Schools in Michigan might seem to have the odds stacked against it—61% of students qualify for free and reduced lunch and students in the diverse district…
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Planning for Learning Loss Recovery In this webinar, we will feature a teacher-led panel discussion. As schools wrap up an unprecedented school year, planning is underway for learning loss recovery, especially for the most vulnerable students. Our guest panel of educators will review their previous summer school initiatives and successes. They’ll discuss how they plan…
Remediating the Dyslexic Brain: Neuroscience, Research, and Solutions for Recovery
Remediating the Dyslexic Brain: Neuroscience, Research, and Solutions for Recovery In this webinar, Lindamood-Bell’s Director of Research & Development, Paul Worthington discusses common dyslexia misconceptions, proven interventions, and the latest research. Lindamood-Bell has pioneered programs to develop the imagery-language foundation that underlies reading, spelling, language comprehension, math, memory, and critical thinking. Questions? We’d love to…
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In this webinar, Teaching During the Pandemic: Educators Supporting the Most At-Risk Students, we feature a teacher-led panel discussion. Schools do not look the same this year but at-risk students need the attention of specialty staff and leaders now more than ever. Our guest panel of educators will discuss the pandemic’s impact on their classrooms…
Global Perspectives
To view the video in Spanish, click here. We are very excited to broadcast the first installment of our Global Perspectives web series featuring educators from around the globe sharing their stories of Lindamood-Bell professional learning and increasing student literacy. In Spotlight on Honduras: MTSS in an International School, Mrs. Laura Martinez will…
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In this webinar, Distance Learning and Student Engagement: Success Stories and Lessons Learned, Melissa Busolo, Regional Literacy Coach Project Coordinator for the San Luis Valley BOCES in Alamosa, CO, will share her experiences coaching teachers remotely in multiple districts as they implement live, online instruction for Special Education students and how they are managing IEP…
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In this webinar, titled Sensory-Cognitive Instruction in Response to a State Dyslexia Mandate, Cathey Ford, Dyslexia Coordinator for Fort Smith Public Schools in Fort Smith, Arkansas, will discuss lessons learned, data results, and longitudinal student performance changes. It will also demonstrate the implementation of whole school and summer school models, as well as their transition…
