2018-19 Dyslexia Success Series (parent focus)
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09/15/2018 8:30-11:30 |
IEP Planning and Instructionally Appropriate IEPs (no fee) Center for Dyslexia, Room 116 Information will be shared to support parents’ understanding of and full participation
in the IEP team process. This session will focus on the types of needs and services
that can be provided through special education, how to prepare for effective participation
in the IEP process, how to express parent concerns to ensure they are addressed by
the IEP team, and how to understand and write measurable annual goals. |
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10/06/2018 8:30-11:30 |
12 Engaging Ways to Boost Your Child’s Reading Development Presented by Melinda Hirschmann, Assistant Director for Educational Services and School Outreach Reading with your child daily is a great start; discover enhancements and activities you can do with your child to support development with hearing the sounds of language, decoding skills, vocabulary, and general reading comprehension. This session will focus on children in pre-K through elementary grades. |
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02/23/2019 8:30-11:30 |
What Every Parent Should Know About Dyslexia: Identification and Intervention in Your Child’s School Presented by Presented by Erin Alexander, Assistant Director for Clinical Services and Emily Farris, Assistant Director for Educational Services and Research Initiatives This session will present the process Tennessee schools are required to use for identification of characteristics of dyslexia and what a dyslexia specific intervention should look like for a student with characteristics of dyslexia. The 2016 “Say Dyslexia” law requires Tennessee public schools to identify students with characteristics of dyslexia through the universal screening process. This process is part of the Response to Instruction and Intervention (RTI2) framework. Parents will learn about the process and purpose of RTI2 and the different types of assessments that schools may use to measure reading skills and to screen for dyslexia. We will discuss the role of progress monitoring data and how it is used to make decisions about your child’s intervention needs. We will also review the range of services available in the school setting to meet the needs of students with characteristics of dyslexia.Structured Literacy instruction uses a systematic and explicit approach to prepare children with the skills they need to decode and spell words. Research has shown that not only does this method help children with characteristics of dyslexia, it’s also effective for all readers. We will discuss the instructional skills included in Structured Literacy instruction, and the manner in which they are taught.
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