Gain the knowledge and skills critical to providing intensive support for struggling readers and spellers and students with language-based learning disabilities. The Wilson Reading System® (WRS) Level I Certification program is designed to prepare teachers to effectively implement WRS Steps 1–6. It deepens teachers’ content knowledge and offers a supervised practicum that allows teachers to apply and practice skillful use of research-based strategies.
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Beyond the Fundamentals: Building Critical Readers
Transform yourself and your classroom by taking your knowledge of Structured Literacy beyond the fundamentals. Our Structured Literacy Collaborative II will equip you with the tools and expertise of everything that goes into language comprehension, including syntax, sentence comprehension, and grammar; vocabulary; fluency; and morphology and etymology.
Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction
Improve literacy outcomes in your classroom by learning how to meet the literacy needs of every student. In addition to providing educators with evidence-based literacy practices, data-driven decision-making, informative workshops, and transformational coaching, the Stern Center’s Structured Literacy Collaborative provides educators with a deep understanding of foundational reading skills and how to best teach them.
Orton-Gillingham: Diagnostic Assessment Workshop Series
Do you want to build a deeper understanding of the developmental progression of reading skills and know how to link assessment to instruction? This workshop series explores how to administer a comprehensive diagnostic assessment, how to analyze the results, and how to use an Orton-Gillingham scope and sequence to meet the needs of your learners.
When Writing is Hard: Written Language Disorders and Dysgraphia
Writing can be challenging, and our understanding of the writing process impacts how we teach, assess, and respond to our students. Participants will leave this workshop with an understanding of how writing develops, the root causes of most writing problems, tools for progress monitoring, and areas of support that children require to express their thoughts on paper.
Trauma-Informed Social Learning Course
This course focuses on defining, identifying, and understanding children’s developmental experiences—such as early adversity or autism—that negatively impact typical social development. Our goal is to help teachers and programs protect vulnerable learners and provide the knowledge and support needed for robust instruction in social-emotional learning.