Calendar of Events

• Conferences hosted on campus in October, March, and June. These one- or two-day events feature nationally known experts on topics related to literacy.
• The Literacy Success Series workshops. These six hour sessions are presented on select Saturdays during the school year by center staff.

Certificates of attendance for professional development hours are provided for workshops and conferences presented by the Tennessee Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia.

 

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Teacher Training provides detailed information on professional development workshops available for schools and school systems. Recently updated, workshops provide extended depth of knowledge and instructional strategies on topics including:

• Trouble with Words: an Overview of Dyslexia
• School-based Identification of Characteristics of Dyslexia
• Essential Components of Effective Reading Instruction
• Three Layers of Decoding: Understanding Phonemes, Syllables, and Morphemes
• It's Not Just What You Teach, But How You Teach It: Strategies to Maximize your Small Group Reading Instruction
• Teaching Handwriting: Automaticity in Support of Reading and Spelling
• Intensive Intervention for Students with Characteristics of Dyslexia
• Using Assessment Data to Inform Intervention Instruction

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Educator and Parent Resources includes documents on identification and intervention, as well as lesson frames useful for educators providing differentiated instruction to students with characteristics of dyslexia in the early grades. Developed by center staff, these materials may be downloaded at no cost:

• Dyslexia within RTI (ebook)
• Student Literacy Profile
• Tier 2 Phonological Awareness Lesson Frame
• Tier 2 Letter Knowledge and Phonics Lesson Frame
• Tier 2 Decoding and Spelling Lesson Frame
• Tier 2 Fluency Lesson Frame
• Characteristics of Dyslexia
• Accommodations for Dyslexia
• School-based Identification of Dyslexia
• Foundational Reading Skills
• How Dyslexia Fits within a Current IEP for Reading
• School-based Identification of Characteristics of Dyslexia: A Parent Overview
• Assistive Technology: Leveling the Playing Field for Students with Dyslexia
• Structured Literacy Principles of Instruction
• Structured Literacy Instructional Targets for Reading

Some of our documents have been updated since their first release. Those documents have a version number at the bottom of each page. Be sure to check online to see if you are using the current version.

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