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01/30/2024, Book Study: Comprehensive Literacy for All: Teaching Students with Significant Disabilities to Read and Write – Chapter 7

Date: 01/30/2024 Time: 4:30-5:30 Location: internet Type: Webinar

Description

Comprehension, Schema and Vocabulary

Chapter 7

This chapter dives deep into reading comprehension and vocabulary instruction. Reading comprehension involves emotional, time, location and cause and effect inferences. Motivation and engagement are at the heart of successful reading comprehension instruction.

Learning Objectives

  1. Learn how to select vocabulary according to Tier 1, Tier 2 or Tier 3 levels of support.
  2. Create anchor activities so that the purpose of reading is clear. 
  3. How to modify activities for students who use AAC

Presenters

Heidi G. Brislin, MS-OTR/L

Heidi G. Brislin, MS-OTR/L is an Occupational Therapist and Assistive Technology Specialist for the Edmonds School District and the Olympic Education Service District 114 in Washington. She owns a private practice, Heidi Brislin OT Consulting in Kingston, WA, where she provides professional development sessions, as well as family and team consultations and training. Heidi has extensive experience in school-based practice and outpatient adult rehab settings. She is a graduate of Boston University and the University of Washington. She is passionate about helping teams create authentic learning opportunities for all children, improving literacy skills, switch access, power mobility, and helping children become autonomous communicators.

Sharon Redmon, ATP- RESNA

Sharon Redmon is a SpEd, GenEd teacher, and AT Specialist with almost 30 years of experience.  She holds an M.S. in Adaptive Education: Assistive Technology from St. Norbert College and ATP from RESNA and is a Doctoral Candidate at Penn State University. Sharon’s passion for AT and especially AAC began with her first teaching assignment in WI, where she became involved in WATI, and continues today with the WI AAC Network school committee and founding member of the Wisconsin Assistive Technology Regional Networks (WATRN). She also serves as a member of the Education Committee for USSAAC. She has worked for SETC since 2019, presenting webinars and providing technical assistance to school districts around Washington State. Her varied career placements within WI, WA, and overseas schools have given her unique opportunities to combine her passion for AAC, literacy, and Assistive Technology. She is passionate about sharing her experiences with others so that we can all continue to learn together.

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Contact

Email Sue Wright at the SETC office

Clock hours for this webinar and others in this series are available from ESD105 for a small fee. The following Professional Development Enroller link provides more information about clock hours: https://www.pdenroller.org/cwu/catalog/165361

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