Language Enrichment is a structured literacy curriculum that enables teachers to teach successful decoding for students in grades 1-3. In Language Enrichment, participants learn how and why instruction in structured literacy is effective with helping students become skilled readers. The coursework covers: 1) decoding and encoding concepts including reliable reading and spelling patterns; 2) building […]

Oral language is the foundation of comprehension. In the early grades, comprehension is best developed through listening. In Oral Language & Listening Comprehension, participants learn: 1) the importance of oral language and listening comprehension to skilled reading comprehension; 2) activities that develop oral language and comprehension; 3) assessment of student's oral language through naming and […]

Language Enrichment is a structured literacy curriculum that enables teachers to teach successful decoding for students in grades 1-3. In Language Enrichment, participants learn how and why instruction in structured literacy is effective with helping students become skilled readers. The coursework covers: 1) decoding and encoding concepts including reliable reading and spelling patterns; 2) building […]

In Developing Accuracy and Fluency, participants learn how to: 1) assess students' word recognition, fluency, and prosody; 2) design lessons that address students' specific needs; and 3) provide targeted instruction and responsive scaffolding.

In Developing Accuracy and Fluency, participants learn how to: 1) assess students' word recognition, fluency, and prosody; 2) design lessons that address students' specific needs; and 3) provide targeted instruction and responsive scaffolding.

Basic Language Skills (BLS) is a comprehensive and intensive Structured Literacy curriculum that is the core curriculum of the Dyslexia Specialist Preparation Program (DSPP). Upon completion of all the DSPP requisites including coursework, practicums, and documented teaching hours, you are eligible to take the Academic Language Therapy Association (ALTA) Competency Exam for Multisensory Structured Language Education […]

Students' spelling errors demonstrate what they know and need to know about sounds and letter patterns to develop accurate spelling. By addressing specific needs, students improve their accuracy and learn how to spell for a lifetime. In Scientific Spelling, participants learn how to analyze spelling errors and plan instruction to target students' specific needs. Instruction for […]

Basic Language Skills (BLS) is a comprehensive and intensive Structured Literacy curriculum that is the core curriculum of the Dyslexia Specialist Preparation Program (DSPP). Upon completion of all the DSPP requisites including coursework, practicums, and documented teaching hours, you are eligible to take the Academic Language Therapy Association (ALTA) Competency Exam for Multisensory Structured Language Education […]

Language Enrichment is a structured literacy curriculum that enables teachers to teach successful decoding for students in grades 1-3. In Language Enrichment, participants learn how and why instruction in structured […]

Basic Language Skills (BLS) is a comprehensive and intensive Structured Literacy curriculum that is the core curriculum of the Dyslexia Specialist Preparation Program (DSPP). Upon completion of all the DSPP requisites […]

In Multisensory Grammar, participants learn: 1) activities that make the abstract concept of grammar concrete; 2) strategies for increasing students' sentence complexity when writing; and 3) to use of parts […]

Basic Language Skills (BLS) is a comprehensive and intensive Structured Literacy curriculum that is the core curriculum of the Dyslexia Specialist Preparation Program (DSPP). Upon completion of all the DSPP requisites […]