Seminario Internacional

LUGAR

COLEGIO SANTIAGO COLLEGE FECHA

17 Y 18 DE ABRIL, 2017

Presented by

Dr Nancy Mather

Day 1

Understanding Dyslexia: Assessment and Intervention Workshop

Day 2

The Building Blocks Model: A Simple Framework for Understanding Learning and Behavioral Challenges

17 and 18 Abril 2017 SANTIAGO CHILE

Nancy Mather is a Professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson in the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies. She has served as a learning disabilities teacher, a diagnostician, a university professor, and an educational consultant. She has published numerous articles and books and conducts workshops on assessment and instruction both nationally and internationally. Dr. Mather is a co-author of the Woodcock-Johnson IV and has co-authored two books on interpretation and application of the WJ IV. Her most recent book on dyslexia is: Essentials of Dyslexia: Assessment and Intervention (Mather & Wendling, 2012) and on learning disabilities: Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors (Mather, Goldstein, & Eklund, 2015).

Day 1

April 17-2017 Dyslexia: Assessment and Intervention TIME WORKSHOP 8:00 am Registration – Tea and Coffee 8:30 – 11:00 Workshop 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break 11:30 – 13:15 Workshop 13:15 – 14:15 Lunch 14:15 – 16:15 Workshop

Brief Descriptor

This workshop will focus on both assessment and evidence-based interventions for students who struggle to learn to read and spell.

The speaker will address the definition of dyslexia; the importance of assessing cognitive and linguistic processes, including phonological awareness, orthographic coding, processing speed, and rapid automatized naming; the phases of development of basic reading and spelling skills; and the implementation of differentiated instructional methodologies for addressing specific types of reading and spelling problems.

Judith Bliss, CEO of Mindplay, will briefly discuss the Virtual Reading Coach, an online program designed for struggling readers.

Participants will increase their:

Understanding of the definition and characteristics of dyslexia.

Knowledge of the cognitive and linguistic factors that contribute to dyslexia.

Awareness of assessment techniques for diagnosing dyslexia.

Understanding of reading and spelling development and how instructional methods align with specific developmental levels.

Knowledge of evidence-based instructional methods to improve phonological awareness, reading decoding, spelling, and reading fluency.

Day 2

April 18-2017 The Building Blocks Model: A Simple Framework for Understanding Learning and Behavioral Challenges 8:30 – 12:30

Workshop

Brief Descriptor

This half-day workshop will explain a simple model for understanding students’ learning and behavioral challenges. The Building Blocks Model targets factors, behaviors, and abilities that are related to school success. When professionals are equipped with an understanding of a student’s learning and behavioral challenges, they are better prepared to select interventions for students. Within the model, the classroom behavior and learning problems of students are represented using a three-level, triangular framework with the bottom of the triangle reflecting foundational skills, the middle of the triangle representing symbolic processing or perceptual processing skills, and the top of the triangle representing conceptual or thinking abilities. Participants will be provided with a detailed questionnaire to help pinpoint a specific student’s strengths and needs.

Participants will increase their:

Understanding of how attention and behavior affect school performance.

Knowledge of how processing abilities affect academic learning.

Understanding of how oral language and the use of strategies contribute to effective learning.

Abilities to address variations in students’ environments, abilities, needs and learning styles.

AUDIENCE Professional learning for teachers, tutors, special education specialists, school counselors, educational psychologists and related professionals.

WHEN 17 and 18 April, 2017 WHERE Santiago College School, Los Trapenses 4007, La Dehesa. Santiago ENQUIRIES TANDEM Profesores 1 a 1 Email: talleres@tandemprofresores.cl REGISTRATION COST $150,000 per person (Includes: registration, tea/coffee and cookies) CANCELLATION POLICY TP has a “no refund” policy. The expectation would be if the event had to be cancelled. Registration can be transferred from one staff member to another if required. Please let us know if any changes are made.

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