21St Annual Region 4 Dyslexia Conference

st 21 Annual Region 4 Dyslexia Conference Keynote‐ Tim Shanahan In 2000, the National Reading Panel issued its landmark report on The National Reading Panel: 20 Years Later what research has to say about the teaching of reading. This presentation will explore what led up to that report, how the panel did its work, what its major findings were, how the response 8:30‐10:15 to the report was, and what we have learned since its issuance. Timothy Shanahan was a member of the panel and often served as its public spokesperson. Teaching Reading with Complex Elementary For more than 70 years, teachers have been told to teach reading Text at students’ “instructional levels.” Accordingly, most programs Timothy Shanahan organize reading instruction in this fashion. However, research Distinguished Professor Emeritus, indicates that students would reach higher levels of reading Ph.D. achievement if instruction focused on more challenging texts – University of Illinois at Chicago texts that in the past we would have labeled as “frustration level.” This presentation will explore that research and how teachers can successfully teach reading with complex text. The Synergy of Dyslexia , General Most of us know that technology can help dyslexic individuals but Technology, and Universal Design we don’t always know how to fully take advantage of it. The UDL for Learning (UDL) Special principles offer us a framework that can help us modify any lesson Amir Bar, M.S. Education plan to include more technology and better accessibility and 10:30‐11:30 higher engagement. In this session Amir will introduce the three Breakout 1 principles of UDL and will share tangible examples on how they can be implemented in the classroom and other learning settings to improve learning outcomes. Antidotes for Anxiety: How to General Dr. Beard will describe basic underpinnings of anxiety, help you Help Children and Teens Cope differentiate between common childhood fears and anxiety, and with Worry discuss strategies to manage stress and worry. Dr. Michelle Beard Licensed Psychologist, LSSP Keep Your Students Engaged in General Are you finding it difficult to keep your students’ attention during the Digital Age...Without virtual lessons? Do you feel like you have entered the attention Becoming Enraged! competition with other factors in your students’ home Colleen Mangold, Dyslexia environments? Do you wish your virtual lessons were more Interventionist and engaging? Learn simple, sustainable ideas that can be used in Beth Soontiraratn, M.Ed. small groups with your Zoomies and Roomies. See how these two Reading Specialist, CyFair ISD virtual novices are venturing into the realm of online teaching and crushing it (most days)! Essential Compensatory Skills for Secondary The abrupt transition to virtual learning last school year was Learning Differences difficult for schools, educators, parents, and students alike. Evan Weinberger, ADHD Workloads were lightened, grades were inflated, comprehensive President and CEO, Staying Ahead exams were canceled, and many students felt like summer started of the Game!, LLC two months early. The prospect of a repeat this year was frightening so say the least, especially for students with learning differences. This new educational paradigm calls upon students to flex their executive functioning skills now more than ever. For students with learning differences, these skills are absolutely essential for them to find success Supporting ELs with Dyslexia: General Participants will receive an overview of best practices in Building Literacy through Oracy identifying and serving ELs with dyslexia. Presentation will include Katharine Muller, M.Ed. Bilingual/EL strategies to support language development as a complement to Education Specialists, Special dyslexia intervention. Education, Region 4 ESC Building a Foundation to Literacy Early Mastering skills on the phonological awareness continuum is with Phonological Awareness Childhood essential to learning how to read and write. In this presentation, Jane Ann Brown, M.Ed. participants will learn about each area of the continuum with Early Childhood Specialist activities that can be implemented immediately in the classroom. Region 4 ESC Informal assessment ideas will also be shared. Building a foundation to literacy starts with phonological awareness. Let’s make that foundation as strong as possible. Beyond Dyslexia: How Multi‐ General Join us as we explore a hands‐on learning environment and its Sensory Learning and Hands‐On (Vendor) positive impact on students with learning challenges. We know tools Empower Students to dyslexia affects the areas of the brain that process language. Succeed Because of this, students facing Dyslexia are processing things Kristin Gauldin differently, they are interpreting information differently, and they Hand2Mind are often struggling with recalling and retaining. This is where hands‐on learning comes in. Did you know that hands‐on learning stimulates every part of the brain, which builds stronger connections? Did you know when students are in an active, hands‐ on environment that they retain more than 75% of the information? Hands‐on learning is IT! Join Kristin Gauldin as she shares how to deliver engaging, hands‐on instruction using tools that will enable students to not only build deeper connections but also build confidence! 11:30‐12:00 Lunch Keynote‐Rick Wagner Explore current research on dyslexia and the implications for 12:00‐1:20 What We are Learning about Dyslexia that has improving the approach to this disability. Implications for Rethinking Practice Disciplinary Literacy for All Secondary Each discipline creates, communicates, and critiques knowledge in Timothy Shanahan unique or highly specialized ways. Because of this historians, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, literary critics, mathematicians, and scientists create different Ph.D. kinds of texts and read in different ways. This presentation will University of Illinois at Chicago explain the disciplinary literacy concept, distinguish it from the more widely known “content area literacy,” and will make the case for including disciplinary literacy in secondary school curricula. Prediction and Identification of General Prediction and identification of individuals with dyslexia is not as Dyslexia accurate as we would like. The main reasons for inaccuracy of Richard K. Wagner, Ph. D. prediction and identification will be discussed. A solution to the Florida State University problem is to consider multiple sources of information and to Florida Center for Reading improve one’s clinical judgment by learning to think like a Research Bayesian. Updates to STAAR Accessibility K‐12 Attend this session to receive the latest updates regarding state 1:30‐2:30 Features and Designated Supports assessment for students with disabilities. Review the current Breakout 2 Policies Special guidelines on accommodations policies including accessibility Ashley Jackson and Natalie Hudson Education features and designated supports. Education Specialists, Special Evaluation Education, Region 4 ESC Scientific Spelling: The 5 Rules that General Have you ever been curious about why we sometimes double, Apply to the English Language drop or change a letter when spelling? Come on in to find out Catherine Scott, M.Ed., CALT, Vice about the five rules that govern the way we spell so you can be a President of Curriculum confident speller and share the gift of scientific spelling with your Development and Instruction students! Neuhaus Education Center Tools for Distance Learning and General This past year has been unlike any other. As special educators we Dyslexia have had to drastically pivot our mode of teaching to Emma LeComte accommodate our students with learning differences. This session Director of Distance Learning, is intended to showcase a variety of tools and methods that we Briarwood School have found successful since last March. The Importance of Phonological General This session identifies how instruction in Phonological and Awareness Instruction for All (Vendor) Phonemic Awareness Reading Skills helps nonreaders and Beginning & Struggling Readers struggling readers build the groundwork for success. An interactive Julie Joynt, BAE, M.Ed. demonstration of instructional tools and teaching strategies School Specialty utilizing multisensory techniques will illustrate how students can improve reading proficiency. Utilizing Structured Word Inquiry General English isn’t complicated; it’s connected! In this session, explore to Cultivate Curiosity and Expand word meaning and structure relationships using Structured Word Students’ Vocabulary and Spelling Inquiry. SWI is a fun, simple, student‐centered learning approach Skills encompassing morphology and etymology that cultivates Danielle Solis, M.Ed. students’ curiosity about words, deepens thinking, expands Elementary Education Specialist vocabularies, and supports spelling. Region 4 ESC Assessing Reading‐Related General Impaired phonological processing is believed to be the most Phonological Processes common cause of dyslexia. What are reading‐related phonological Richard K. Wagner, Ph. D. processes and how can they best be assessed? Examples of Florida State University assessing reading‐related phonological processes with the CTOPP‐ 2 will be presented Give Up "Good Job" and General We've all heard these words. We probably all say these words "Awesome" and Offer Explicit (Vendor) each day as a way to offer encouragement and motivation for Feedback That Enhances Reading students

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