Courses For Teachers & Educators
READING DEVELOPMENT EXPLAINED
This is where educators can learn about the consensus from multiple millions of dollars spent around the world on reading research from experts in many fields. While our understanding of reading development is ever evolving, there are elements that have stood the test of time.
- Reading frameworks and how they can be used to inform reading instruction
- Important elements of reading instruction
- How universal screening and differentiated reading instruction can bring improve literacy outcomes for students
- How the brain learns to read
- The importance of Orthographic Mapping
- The 5 (+ 1*) Pillars of Reading Instruction (Phonological Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Morphology*, Fluency and Comprehension)
- How to include elements of reading instruction across the curriculum
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EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS EXPLAINED
This is where educators and other professionals can learn all about Executive Functioning, their influence on everyday life and how to support their development for both neuro typical and neuro diverse individuals.
- Important role executive functions play in learning and behavior
- Typical developmental progression of executive functions
- What happens when they don’t develop as expected
- Two different ways to classify executive functions
- The three lower level executive functions (working memory, inhibitory control & cognitive flexibility) in detail
- 7 higher level executive functions and various supports that can be put in place to foster their development and compensate for areas of weakness
- Case studies of individuals with different needs
- How to collect a baseline of skills
- Strategies for intervention planning
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EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH EXPLAINED
This course was designed for educators who want to know about Experimental Research. It provides the skills you need to methodically go through the research and make educated decisions about which information to use to inform your practice.
- Identify the correct article type you need
- Tips to efficiently search for these research articles online
- Easily identify the different types of research
- Understand the different sections of an experimental research article
- Learn about the types of statistics you will see
- Recognize how to interpret effect sizes
- How to use research to properly inform your practice
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HANDWRITING DEVELOPMENT EXPLAINED
This course provides teachers, parents and occupational therapists with a progressive comprehensive approach to handwriting framed by a developmental perspective along with explicit strategies for student success.
- How spoken language developed a written form
- Various ways spoken language can be written
- Muscles & movements involved in writing
- Writing implements and appropriate grips
- Developmental stages of writing
- Appropriate scopes & sequences
- Whole class instruction & interventions
- Using assistive technology
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