NDA has a wealth of speakers available to speak on the topics of Dyslexia. Explore the topics and speakers below. These sessions may be presented individually, combined into a multi-session workshop, or adjusted to meet the needs of participants.
Trouble Spelling
Presenter: Nancy Coffey
Length: 1 hour
Target audience: Parents/Teachers
Spelling is a common frustration for many students, especially for those who have trouble reading. Spelling is a subject to be learned, not a list of words to memorize. Find out the basic components of learning to spell and how it will make your student a better reader. A presentation that will have you looking at spelling in a completely different way.
When Problems Surface: Getting Help From Your School
Presenter: Carolyn Brandle, M. Ed
Length: 1 hour
Target audience: Parents
A special education professional will address how to cope with learning problems. The discussion will include information about identification processes, screening, response-to-intervention programs (Rtl), individualized education programs (IEPs) and 504 plans for students with learning problems.
Phonemic Awareness: Building Blocks to Phonics
Dyslexia is Real! Imagine That!...
Presenter: Kathy Johnson
Length: 1 hour
Target audience: Preschool, Elementary, Middle and High School educators and parents
THINK Dyslexic! Learn the facts about dyslexia. If trying to teach students with dyslexia/S.L.D. is frustrating for most teachers, consider what it must be like from the student's point of view. Engage in tasks that simulate the difficulty students with learning disabilities might have when asked to perform typical classroom work. You'll look at your role a little differently.
What is dyslexia? Find out who recognizes dyslexia, the characteristics, how it is diagnosed, and what kind of intervention is needed to help those who have it. This presentation is not for those teachers who are teaching dyslexics, but all struggling readers.
Get Ready! Get Set! Read Better!
Presenter: Gwelda Carlson, M.A.
Length: 1 hour
Target audience: Preschool, Elementary, Middle and High School educators and parents.
This session focuses on building phonological awareness, phonetic decoding and encoding skills, and fluency. We'll share practical strategies to implement in classrooms and multi-sensory Orton-Gillingham methods. Reviews the basics for teaching phonology and decoding/encoding skills, applying syllabication elements, and measuring and building fluency and accuracy in reading.
Multisensory Techniques and Activities to Enhance Learning
Presenter: Carolyn Brandle, M.Ed.
Using more than one sense at a time can greatly add to a child’s ability to learn and retain information. Combining hearing, seeing, touching and movement helps children hold onto facts, ideas and concepts that they can move to and keep in long term memory. Repetition and practice is the way we learn most things, and using multisensory techniques can speed up that process for most children. These techniques are particularly helpful for students who are struggling in some area, but all students can benefit from them. In this presentation, demonstrations of multisensory techniques and activities and handouts will show what parents can do to increase their children’s learning.
Teaching Strategies for Students with Dyslexia and Reading Struggles
Presenter: Shelli Cook, M.S., CCC-SLP
Do you have a child who struggles with reading, writing, and/or spelling, but you're not sure what to do? Do you wonder if they have dyslexic tendencies? This session will provide systematic, multi-sensory strategies to help children from early childhood to middle school with these challenges.
Childhood Speech and Language Development - What should I expect from my child?
Presenter: Shelli Cook, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech pattern development, language patterns, stuttering, and milestones for early childhood into the grade school years will be reviewed. Strategies to help children develop to their best potential will be shared.
For more information or to book a session contact:
Nebraska Dyslexia Association
P.O. Box 6302
Lincoln, Nebraska 68506 402.434.6434 or info@ne-ida.org